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1. Search for Non-Gaussianities in the WMAP Data with the Scaling Index Method

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G. Rossmanith, H. Modest, C. Räth, A. J. Banday, K. M. Górski, and G. Morfill

Subjects
Astronomy, QB1-991
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In the recent years, non-Gaussianity and statistical isotropy of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) was investigated with various statistical measures, first and foremost by means of the measurements of the WMAP satellite. In this paper, we focus on the analyses that were accomplished with a measure of local type, the so-called Scaling Index Method (SIM). The SIM is able to detect structural characteristics of a given data set and has proven to be highly valuable in CMB analysis. It was used for comparing the data set with simulations as well as surrogates, which are full-sky maps generated by randomisation of previously selected features of the original map. During these investigations, strong evidence for non-Gaussianities as well as asymmetries and local features could be detected. In combination with the surrogates approach, the SIM detected the highest significances for non-Gaussianity to date.

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2011
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3. Cosmic Birefringence from Planck Data Release 4

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P. Diego-Palazuelos, J. R. Eskilt, Y. Minami, M. Tristram, R. M. Sullivan, A. J. Banday, R. B. Barreiro, H. K. Eriksen, K. M. Górski, R. Keskitalo, E. Komatsu, E. Martínez-González, D. Scott, P. Vielva, I. K. Wehus, Max Planck Society, European Space Agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US), Department of Energy (US), European Commission, European Research Council, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), German Research Foundation, Gobierno de Cantabria, Universidad de Cantabria, Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis Irène Joliot-Curie (IJCLab), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), and Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
polarization, cosmological model, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), satellite: Planck, birefringence, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, General Physics and Astronomy, cosmic background radiation, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, parity: violation, galaxy, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], signature, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
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We search for the signature of parity-violating physics in the cosmic microwave background, called cosmic birefringence, using the Planck data release 4. We initially find a birefringence angle of β=0.30°±0.11° (68% C.L.) for nearly full-sky data. The values of β decrease as we enlarge the Galactic mask, which can be interpreted as the effect of polarized foreground emission. Two independent ways to model this effect are used to mitigate the systematic impact on β for different sky fractions. We choose not to assign cosmological significance to the measured value of β until we improve our knowledge of the foreground polarization., Open access publication funded by the Max Planck Society., Planck is a project of the European Space Agency (ESA) with instruments provided by two scientific consortia funded by ESA member states and led by Principal Investigators from France and Italy, telescope reflectors provided through a collaboration between ESA and a scientific consortium led and funded by Denmark, and additional contributions from NASA (USA). Some of the results in this Letter have been derived using the HEALPix package. This research used resources of the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC), a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science User Facility operated under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231. Part of the research was carried out at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (80NM0018D0004). J. R. E., H. K. E., and I.W. acknowledge funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme (Grant Agreement No. 819478). The work of Y. M. was supported in part by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI, Grants No. JP20K14497. R. S. and D. S. acknowledge the support of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. P. D.-P. acknowledges financial support from the Formación del Profesorado Universitario (FPU) Programme of the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, and thanks the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics for hospitality when this work was being finalized. P. D.-P., B. B., E.M.-G., and P. V. thank the Spanish Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI, MICIU) for the financial support provided under the projects with references PID2019-110610RB-C21, ESP2017-83921-C2-1-R and AYA2017-90675-REDC, co-funded with EU FEDER funds, and acknowledge supports from Universidad de Cantabria and Consejería de Universidades, Igualdad, Cultura y Deporte del Gobierno de Cantabria via the “Instrumentación y ciencia de datos para sondear la naturaleza del universo” project, as well as from Unidad de Excelencia María de Maeztu (MDM-2017-0765). The work of E. K. was supported in part by JSPS KAKENHI Grants No. JP20H05850 and No. JP20H05859, and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany’s Excellence Strategy—EXC-2094–390783311. The Kavli I. P. M. U. is supported by World Premier International Research Center Initiative (WPI), MEXT, Japan.

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2022
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4. Polarization and variability of compact sources measured in Planck time-ordered data

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G. Rocha, R. Keskitalo, B. Partridge, A. Marscher, C. O’Dea, T. J. Pearson, and K. M. Górski

Subjects
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
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This paper introduces a new Planck Catalog of Polarized and Variable Compact Sources (PCCS-PV) comprising 153 sources, the majority of which are extragalactic. The data include both the total flux density and linear polarization measured by Planck with frequency coverage from 30 to 353 GHz, and temporal spacing ranging from days to years. We classify most sources as beamed, extragalactic radio sources; the catalog also includes several radio galaxies, Seyfert galaxies, and Galactic and Magellanic Cloud sources, including H IIi regions and planetary nebulae. An advanced extraction method applied directly to the multifrequency Planck time-ordered data, rather than the mission sky maps, was developed to allow an assessment of the variability of polarized sources. Our analysis of the time-ordered data from the Planck mission, tod2flux, allowed us to catalog the time-varying emission and polarization properties for these sources at the full range of polarized frequencies employed by Planck, 30 to 353 GHz. PCCS-PV provides the time- and frequency-dependent, polarized flux densities for all 153 sources. To illustrate some potential applications of the PCCS- PV, we conducted preliminary comparisons of our measurements of selected sources with published data from other astronomical instruments. In summary, we find general agreement between the Planck and the Institut de Radioastronomie Millim\'etrique (IRAM) polarization measurements as well as with the Mets\"ahovi 37 GHz values at closely similar epochs. These combined measurements also show the value of PCCS-PV results and the PCCS2 catalog for filling in missing spectral (or temporal) coverage and helping to define the spectral energy distributions of extragalactic sources. In turn, these results provide useful clues as to the physical properties of the sources., Comment: 18 pages, accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics

Published
2023
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5. Improved limits on the tensor-to-scalar ratio using BICEP and Planck

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M. Tristram, A. J. Banday, K. M. Górski, R. Keskitalo, C. R. Lawrence, K. J. Andersen, R. B. Barreiro, J. Borrill, L. P. L. Colombo, H. K. Eriksen, R. Fernandez-Cobos, T. S. Kisner, E. Martínez-González, B. Partridge, D. Scott, T. L. Svalheim, I. K. Wehus, Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis Irène Joliot-Curie (IJCLab), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universidad de Cantabria, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France), Department of Energy (US), National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (US), California Institute of Technology, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US), and European Space Agency

Subjects
Quantum Physics, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), satellite: Planck, FOS: Physical sciences, Molecular, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, baryon: oscillation: acoustic, BICEP, sensitivity, Atomic, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Particle and Plasma Physics, cosmological model: parameter space, ionization, path length: optical, Nuclear, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Astronomical and Space Sciences, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
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We present constraints on the tensor-to-scalar ratio r using a combination of BICEP/Keck 2018 (BK18) and Planck PR4 data allowing us to fit for r consistently with the six parameters of the Λ CDM model. We discuss the sensitivity of constraints on r to uncertainties in the Λ CDM parameters as defined by the Planck data. In particular, we are able to derive a constraint on the reionization optical depth τ and thus propagate its uncertainty into the posterior distribution for r. While Planck sensitivity to r is slightly lower than the current ground-based measurements, the combination of Planck with BK18 and baryon-acoustic-oscillation data yields results consistent with r=0 and tightens the constraint to r, We gratefully acknowledge support from the CNRS/IN2P3 Computing Center for providing computing and data-processing resources needed for this work. This research used resources of the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, which is supported by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC0205CH11231. Part of the research was carried out at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Grant No. 80NM0018D0004). Planck is a project of the European Space Agency (ESA).

Published
2021

6. Joint Analysis of BICEP2/Keck ArrayandPlanckData

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P. A. R. Ade, N. Aghanim, Z. Ahmed, R. W. Aikin, K. D. Alexander, M. Arnaud, J. Aumont, C. Baccigalupi, A. J. Banday, D. Barkats, R. B. Barreiro, J. G. Bartlett, N. Bartolo, E. Battaner, K. Benabed, A. Benoît, A. Benoit-Lévy, S. J. Benton, J.-P. Bernard, M. Bersanelli, P. Bielewicz, C. A. Bischoff, J. J. Bock, A. Bonaldi, L. Bonavera, J. R. Bond, J. Borrill, F. R. Bouchet, F. Boulanger, J. A. Brevik, M. Bucher, I. Buder, E. Bullock, C. Burigana, R. C. Butler, V. Buza, E. Calabrese, J.-F. Cardoso, A. Catalano, A. Challinor, R.-R. Chary, H. C. Chiang, P. R. Christensen, L. P. L. Colombo, C. Combet, J. Connors, F. Couchot, A. Coulais, B. P. Crill, A. Curto, F. Cuttaia, L. Danese, R. D. Davies, R. J. Davis, P. de Bernardis, A. de Rosa, G. de Zotti, J. Delabrouille, J.-M. Delouis, F.-X. Désert, C. Dickinson, J. M. Diego, H. Dole, S. Donzelli, O. Doré, M. Douspis, C. D. Dowell, L. Duband, A. Ducout, J. Dunkley, X. Dupac, C. Dvorkin, G. Efstathiou, F. Elsner, T. A. Enßlin, H. K. Eriksen, E. Falgarone, J. P. Filippini, F. Finelli, S. Fliescher, O. Forni, M. Frailis, A. A. Fraisse, E. Franceschi, A. Frejsel, S. Galeotta, S. Galli, K. Ganga, T. Ghosh, M. Giard, E. Gjerløw, S. R. Golwala, J. González-Nuevo, K. M. Górski, S. Gratton, A. Gregorio, A. Gruppuso, J. E. Gudmundsson, M. Halpern, F. K. Hansen, D. Hanson, D. L. Harrison, M. Hasselfield, G. Helou, S. Henrot-Versillé, D. Herranz, S. R. Hildebrandt, G. C. Hilton, E. Hivon, M. Hobson, W. A. Holmes, W. Hovest, V. V. Hristov, K. M. Huffenberger, H. Hui, G. Hurier, K. D. Irwin, A. H. Jaffe, T. R. Jaffe, J. Jewell, W. C. Jones, M. Juvela, A. Karakci, K. S. Karkare, J. P. Kaufman, B. G. Keating, S. Kefeli, E. Keihänen, S. A. Kernasovskiy, R. Keskitalo, T. S. Kisner, R. Kneissl, J. Knoche, L. Knox, J. M. Kovac, N. Krachmalnicoff, M. Kunz, C. L. Kuo, H. Kurki-Suonio, G. Lagache, A. Lähteenmäki, J.-M. Lamarre, A. Lasenby, M. Lattanzi, C. R. Lawrence, E. M. Leitch, R. Leonardi, F. Levrier, A. Lewis, M. Liguori, P. B. Lilje, M. Linden-Vørnle, M. López-Caniego, P. M. Lubin, M. Lueker, J. F. Macías-Pérez, B. Maffei, D. Maino, N. Mandolesi, A. Mangilli, M. Maris, P. G. Martin, E. Martínez-González, S. Masi, P. Mason, S. Matarrese, K. G. Megerian, P. R. Meinhold, A. Melchiorri, L. Mendes, A. Mennella, M. Migliaccio, S. Mitra, M.-A. Miville-Deschênes, A. Moneti, L. Montier, G. Morgante, D. Mortlock, A. Moss, D. Munshi, J. A. Murphy, P. Naselsky, F. Nati, P. Natoli, C. B. Netterfield, H. T. Nguyen, H. U. Nørgaard-Nielsen, F. Noviello, D. Novikov, I. Novikov, R. O’Brient, R. W. Ogburn, A. Orlando, L. Pagano, F. Pajot, R. Paladini, D. Paoletti, B. Partridge, F. Pasian, G. Patanchon, T. J. Pearson, O. Perdereau, L. Perotto, V. Pettorino, F. Piacentini, M. Piat, D. Pietrobon, S. Plaszczynski, E. Pointecouteau, G. Polenta, N. Ponthieu, G. W. Pratt, S. Prunet, C. Pryke, J.-L. Puget, J. P. Rachen, W. T. Reach, R. Rebolo, M. Reinecke, M. Remazeilles, C. Renault, A. Renzi, S. Richter, I. Ristorcelli, G. Rocha, M. Rossetti, G. Roudier, M. Rowan-Robinson, J. A. Rubiño-Martín, B. Rusholme, M. Sandri, D. Santos, M. Savelainen, G. Savini, R. Schwarz, D. Scott, M. D. Seiffert, C. D. Sheehy, L. D. Spencer, Z. K. Staniszewski, V. Stolyarov, R. Sudiwala, R. Sunyaev, D. Sutton, A.-S. Suur-Uski, J.-F. Sygnet, J. A. Tauber, G. P. Teply, L. Terenzi, K. L. Thompson, L. Toffolatti, J. E. Tolan, M. Tomasi, M. Tristram, M. Tucci, A. D. Turner, L. Valenziano, J. Valiviita, B. Van Tent, L. Vibert, P. Vielva, A. G. Vieregg, F. Villa, L. A. Wade, B. D. Wandelt, R. Watson, A. C. Weber, I. K. Wehus, M. White, S. D. M. White, J. Willmert, C. L. Wong, K. W. Yoon, D. Yvon, A. Zacchei, and A. Zonca

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2015
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7. Planck 2018 results: VI. Cosmological parameters (Corrigendum)

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Jose M. Diego, F. Piacentini, Soumen Basak, M. Frailis, Carlo Baccigalupi, M. Ashdown, H. K. Eriksen, François Levrier, E. Hivon, Reijo Keskitalo, L. Pagano, Hannu Kurki-Suonio, A. Renzi, F. Cuttaia, F. R. Bouchet, F. Villa, R. Fernandez-Cobos, L. Montier, Charles R. Lawrence, R. B. Barreiro, Simon D. M. White, Jean-François Cardoso, Tuhin Ghosh, A. Mennella, Nabila Aghanim, Zhiqi Huang, Hans Ulrik Nørgaard-Nielsen, P. Vielva, R. C. Butler, K. M. Górski, K. Kiiveri, Gianmarco Maggio, P. de Bernardis, Luca Valenziano, Steven Gratton, Lloyd Knox, Andrea Zacchei, Jonathan Aumont, F. K. Hansen, P. Bielewicz, Guilaine Lagache, Jörg P. Rachen, S. R. Hildebrandt, Antony Lewis, M. López-Caniego, D. Herranz, M. Le Jeune, N. Mandolesi, Julien Lesgourgues, Benjamin D. Wandelt, Julian Borrill, Peter G. Martin, Will Handley, L. Vibert, Jens Chluba, Peter Meinhold, Michele Liguori, Jan Hamann, G. Roudier, Diego Molinari, Andrei V. Frolov, J.-M. Delouis, J. González-Nuevo, Aurelien A. Fraisse, M. Sandri, Ingunn Kathrine Wehus, M. Tenti, B. P. Crill, J.-L. Puget, L. Salvati, X. Dupac, Massimiliano Lattanzi, Karim Benabed, Locke D. Spencer, Paolo Natoli, Francesco Forastieri, Nicola Bartolo, Erminia Calabrese, J.-P. Bernard, Marzieh Farhang, J. F. Macías-Pérez, Nicola Vittorio, V. Lindholm, A.-S. Suur-Uski, Adam Moss, E. Franceschi, W. C. Jones, P. Lemos, A. Karakci, D. Tavagnacco, Ricardo Genova-Santos, Tiziana Trombetti, B. Van Tent, Alessandro Gruppuso, Marius Millea, Graca Rocha, Sabino Matarrese, Theodore Kisner, Richard A. Battye, M. Martinelli, A. J. Banday, D. Contreras, J.-M. Lamarre, Ken Ganga, B. Partridge, Yabebal Fantaye, Jan Tauber, N. Mauri, J. J. Bock, Martin Kunz, E. Martínez-González, Jose Alberto Rubino-Martin, A. Ducout, Mathieu Remazeilles, S. Galeotta, Marian Douspis, Chiara Sirignano, O. Doré, Jon E. Gudmundsson, G. de Zotti, Hiranya V. Peiris, Yashar Akrami, Anthony Challinor, Michele Maris, M. Savelainen, Francesca Perrotta, P. B. Lilje, Torsten A. Enßlin, Valeria Pettorino, M. Tomasi, Jacques Delabrouille, Martin Reinecke, Marco Bersanelli, J. B. Kim, G. Sirri, Yin-Zhe Ma, E. P. S. Shellard, Fabio Finelli, S. Dusini, Andrea Zonca, H. C. Chiang, Martin White, M. Bucher, Douglas Scott, A. Mangilli, A. Marcos-Caballero, L. P. L. Colombo, Mario Ballardini, Daniela Paoletti, Jussi Valiviita, George Efstathiou, F. Boulanger, G. Polenta, Julien Carron, L. Toffolatti, Anthony Lasenby, Martina Gerbino, E. Keihänen, Andrew H. Jaffe, Marc-Antoine Miville-Deschênes, Philip Lubin, Davide Maino, M. Lilley, M. Migliaccio, J. R. Bond, B. Ruiz-Granados, Jason D. McEwen, Carlo Burigana, Nicoletta Krachmalnicoff, James R. Fergusson, Subhasish Mitra, C. Combet, R. A. Sunyaev, E. Di Valentino, G. Patanchon, L. Polastri, Alessandro Melchiorri, S. Galli, Gianluca Morgante, Franz Elsner, C. Rosset, and Universidad de Cantabria

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Physics, Numerical error, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy, Cosmological parameters, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Cosmic background radiation, 01 natural sciences, Upper and lower bounds, Errata, addenda, Combinatorics, symbols.namesake, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, 0103 physical sciences, Optical depth (astrophysics), symbols, Planck, 010306 general physics
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Author(s): Aghanim, N; Akrami, Y; Ashdown, M; Aumont, J; Baccigalupi, C; Ballardini, M; Banday, AJ; Barreiro, RB; Bartolo, N; Basak, S; Battye, R; Benabed, K; Bernard, JP; Bersanelli, M; Bielewicz, P; Bock, JJ; Bond, JR; Borrill, J; Bouchet, FR; Boulanger, F; Bucher, M; Burigana, C; Butler, RC; Calabrese, E; Cardoso, JF; Carron, J; Challinor, A; Chiang, HC; Chluba, J; Colombo, LPL; Combet, C; Contreras, D; Crill, BP; Cuttaia, F; De Bernardis, P; De Zotti, G; Delabrouille, J; Delouis, JM; DI Valentino, E; DIego, JM; Dore, O; Douspis, M; Ducout, A; Dupac, X; Dusini, S; Efstathiou, G; Elsner, F; Enslin, TA; Eriksen, HK; Fantaye, Y; Farhang, M; Fergusson, J; Fernandez-Cobos, R; Finelli, F; Forastieri, F; Frailis, M; Fraisse, AA; Franceschi, E; Frolov, A; Galeotta, S; Galli, S; Ganga, K; Genova-Santos, RT; Gerbino, M; Ghosh, T; Gonzalez-Nuevo, J; Gorski, KM; Gratton, S; Gruppuso, A; Gudmundsson, JE; Hamann, J; Handley, W; Hansen, FK; Herranz, D; Hildebrandt, SR; Hivon, E; Huang, Z; Jaffe, AH; Jones, WC; Karakci, A; Keihanen, E; Keskitalo, R; Kiiveri, K; Kim, J; Kisner, TS | Abstract: In the original version, the bounds given in Eqs. (87a) and (87b) on the contribution to the early-time optical depth, (15,30), contained a numerical error in deriving the 95th percentile from the Monte Carlo samples. The corrected 95% upper bounds are: τ(15,30) l 0:018 (lowE, flat τ(15, 30), FlexKnot), (1) τ(15, 30) l 0:023 (lowE, flat knot, FlexKnot): (2) These bounds are a factor of 3 larger than the originally reported results. Consequently, the new bounds do not significantly improve upon previous results from Planck data presented in Millea a Bouchet (2018) as was stated, but are instead comparable. Equations (1) and (2) give results that are now similar to those of Heinrich a Hu (2021), who used the same Planck 2018 data to derive a 95% upper bound of 0.020 using the principal component analysis (PCA) model and uniform priors on the PCA mode amplitudes.

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2021
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8. Optical Design of PICO, a Concept for a Space Mission to Probe Inflation and Cosmic Origins

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Charles R. Lawrence, Karl Young, Gianfranco De Zotti, Marcelo A. Alvarez, J. Hubmayr, Nicholas Battaglia, Alan J. Kogut, Brian M. Sutin, Daniel Green, C. Pryke, J. Borrill, Mark J. Devlin, Lloyd Knox, Laura M. Fissel, Shaul Hanany, Richard Hills, William Jones, B. P. Crill, Raphael Flauger, Xin Zhi Tan, David T. Chuss, Roger O'Brient, Jeff McMahon, Tomotake Matsumura, Amy Trangsrud, James J. Bock, B. Johnson, Jacques Delabrouille, James P. McGuire, K. M. Górski, Qi Wen, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Département d'Astrophysique (ex SAP) (DAP), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), MacEwen, Howard A, Lystrup, Makenzie, Fazio, Giovanni G, Batalha, Natalie, Tong, Edward C, Siegler, Nicholas, MacEwen, Howard A., Fazio, Giovanni G., Tong, Edward C., and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP)

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media_common.quotation_subject, satellite, Cosmic microwave background, FOS: Physical sciences, Field of view, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Cosmology, 010305 fluids & plasmas, symbols.namesake, 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Planck, 010306 general physics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Reionization, polarimetry, media_common, Physics, COSMIC cancer database, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy, mm-wave optics, instrument design, mission concept, 13. Climate action, Sky, symbols, Neutrino, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, cosmology, astro-ph.IM
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The Probe of Inflation and Cosmic Origins (PICO) is a probe-class mission concept currently under study by NASA. PICO will probe the physics of the Big Bang and the energy scale of inflation, constrain the sum of neutrino masses, measure the growth of structures in the universe, and constrain its reionization history by making full sky maps of the cosmic microwave background with sensitivity 80 times higher than the Planck space mission. With bands at 21-799 GHz and arcmin resolution at the highest frequencies, PICO will make polarization maps of Galactic synchrotron and dust emission to observe the role of magnetic fields in Milky Way's evolution and star formation. We discuss PICO's optical system, focal plane, and give current best case noise estimates. The optical design is a two-reflector optimized open-Dragone design with a cold aperture stop. It gives a diffraction limited field of view (DLFOV) with throughput of 910 square cm sr at 21 GHz. The large 82 square degree DLFOV hosts 12,996 transition edge sensor bolometers distributed in 21 frequency bands and maintained at 0.1 K. We use focal plane technologies that are currently implemented on operating CMB instruments including three-color multi-chroic pixels and multiplexed readouts. To our knowledge, this is the first use of an open-Dragone design for mm-wave astrophysical observations, and the only monolithic CMB instrument to have such a broad frequency coverage. With current best case estimate polarization depth of 0.65 microK(CMB}-arcmin over the entire sky, PICO is the most sensitive CMB instrument designed to date., 12 pages, 8 Figures, Submitted to SPIE, Proceedings of the 2018 Conference on Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation

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2018
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9. Testing physical models for dipolar asymmetry with CMB polarization

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K. M. Górski, D. Contreras, J. P. Zibin, Douglas Scott, A. J. Banday, Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie ( IRAP ), and Université Paul Sabatier - Toulouse 3 ( UPS ) -Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées ( OMP ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS )

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Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), satellite: Planck, Primordial fluctuations, [ PHYS.ASTR ] Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], media_common.quotation_subject, Cosmic microwave background, FOS: Physical sciences, cosmic background radiation: polarization, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Asymmetry, symbols.namesake, polarization: asymmetry, 0103 physical sciences, Planck, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, media_common, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, fluctuation: primordial, Planck temperature, Cosmic variance, Polarization (waves), Computational physics, modulation, Amplitude, symbols, fluctuation: statistical, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, temperature: anisotropy
Abstract

The cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature anisotropies exhibit a large-scale dipolar power asymmetry. To determine whether this is due to a real, physical modulation or is simply a large statistical fluctuation requires the measurement of new modes. Here we forecast how well CMB polarization data from \Planck\ and future experiments will be able to confirm or constrain physical models for modulation. Fitting several such models to the \Planck\ temperature data allows us to provide predictions for polarization asymmetry. While for some models and parameters \Planck\ polarization will decrease error bars on the modulation amplitude by only a small percentage, we show, importantly, that cosmic-variance-limited (and in some cases even \Planck) polarization data can decrease the errors by considerably better than the expectation of $\sqrt 2$ based on simple $\ell$-space arguments. We project that if the primordial fluctuations are truly modulated (with parameters as indicated by \Planck\ temperature data) then \Planck\ will be able to make a 2$\sigma$ detection of the modulation model with 20--75\% probability, increasing to 45--99\% when cosmic-variance-limited polarization is considered. We stress that these results are quite model dependent. Cosmic variance in temperature is important: combining statistically isotropic polarization with temperature data will spuriously increase the significance of the temperature signal with 30\% probability for \Planck., Comment: 18 pages, 11 figures, 2 tables. Version updated to match PRD version

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2017
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10. Scale-dependent non-Gaussianities in the WMAP data as identified by using surrogates and scaling indices

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G. Rossmanith, C. Raeth, Gregor E. Morfill, R. Suetterlin, H. Modest, A. J. Banday, Jacques Delabrouille, and K. M. Górski

Subjects
Inflation (cosmology), Physics, Slow roll, Field (physics), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Cosmic microwave background, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Scale (descriptive set theory), Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, CMB cold spot, Space and Planetary Science, 0103 physical sciences, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Scaling, Statistical hypothesis testing
Abstract

We present a model-independent investigation of the WMAP data with respect to scale- dependent non-Gaussianities (NGs) by employing the method of constrained randomization. For generating so-called surrogate maps a shuffling scheme is applied to the Fourier phases of the original data, which allows to test for the presence of higher order correlations (HOCs) on well-defined scales. Using scaling indices as test statistics we find highly significant signatures for non-Gaussianities when considering all scales. We test for NGs in the bands l = [2,20], l = [20,60], l = [60,120] and l = [120,300]. We find highly significant signatures for non-Gaussianities and ecliptic hemispherical asymmetries for l = [2, 20]. We also obtain highly significant deviations from Gaussianity for the band l = [120,300]. The result for the full l-range can be interpreted as a superposition of the signatures found in the bands l = [2, 20] and l = [120, 300]. We find remarkably similar results when analyzing different ILC-like maps. We perform a set of tests to investigate if the detected anomalies can be explained by systematics. While no test can convincingly rule out the intrinsic nature of the anomalies for the low l case, the ILC map making procedure and/or residual noise in the maps can also lead to NGs at small scales. Our investigations prove that there are phase correlations in the WMAP data of the CMB. In the absence of an explanation in terms of Galactic foregrounds or known systematic artefacts, the signatures at low l must so far be taken to be cosmological at high significance. These findings strongly disagree with predictions of isotropic cosmologies with single field slow roll inflation. The task is now to elucidate the origin of the phase correlations and to understand the physical processes leading to these scale-dependent non-Gaussianities - if systematics as cause for them must be ruled out.

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2011
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11. BAYESIAN ANALYSIS OF WHITE NOISE LEVELS IN THE FIVE-YEAR WMAP DATA

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B. D. Wandelt, J. Jewell, Nicolaas E. Groeneboom, H. K. Eriksen, G. Huey, and K. M. Górski

Subjects
Physics, media_common.quotation_subject, Bayesian probability, Cosmic microwave background, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, White noise, CMB cold spot, Noise, symbols.namesake, Space and Planetary Science, Sky, Range (statistics), symbols, Algorithm, media_common, Gibbs sampling
Abstract

We develop a new Bayesian method for estimating white noise levels in CMB sky maps, and apply this algorithm to the 5-year WMAP data. We assume that the amplitude of the noise RMS is scaled by a constant value, alpha, relative to a pre-specified noise level. We then derive the corresponding conditional density, P(alpha | s, Cl, d), which is subsequently integrated into a general CMB Gibbs sampler. We first verify our code by analyzing simulated data sets, and then apply the framework to the WMAP data. For the foreground-reduced 5-year WMAP sky maps and the nominal noise levels initially provided in the 5-year data release, we find that the posterior means typically range between alpha=1.005 +- 0.001 and alpha=1.010 +- 0.001 depending on differencing assembly, indicating that the noise level of these maps are biased low by 0.5-1.0%. The same problem is not observed for the uncorrected WMAP sky maps. After the preprint version of this letter appeared on astro-ph., the WMAP team has corrected the values presented on their web page, noting that the initially provided values were in fact estimates from the 3-year data release, not from the 5-year estimates. However, internally in their 5-year analysis the correct noise values were used, and no cosmological results are therefore compromised by this error. Thus, our method has already been demonstrated in practice to be both useful and accurate.

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2009
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12. A MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO ALGORITHM FOR ANALYSIS OF LOW SIGNAL-TO-NOISE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND DATA

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K. M. Górski, B. D. Wandelt, G. Huey, H. K. Eriksen, J. Jewell, and I. J. O'Dwyer

Subjects
Physics, media_common.quotation_subject, Cosmic microwave background, Spectral density, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Sample (statistics), Markov chain Monte Carlo, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Signal, Statistics::Computation, symbols.namesake, Space and Planetary Science, Sky, Simple (abstract algebra), symbols, Algorithm, Gibbs sampling, media_common
Abstract

We present a new Monte Carlo Markov Chain algorithm for CMB analysis in the low signal-to-noise regime. This method builds on and complements the previously described CMB Gibbs sampler, and effectively solves the low signal-to-noise inefficiency problem of the direct Gibbs sampler. The new algorithm is a simple Metropolis-Hastings sampler with a general proposal rule for the power spectrum, C_l, followed by a particular deterministic rescaling operation of the sky signal. The acceptance probability for this joint move depends on the sky map only through the difference of chi-squared between the original and proposed sky sample, which is close to unity in the low signal-to-noise regime. The algorithm is completed by alternating this move with a standard Gibbs move. Together, these two proposals constitute a computationally efficient algorithm for mapping out the full joint CMB posterior, both in the high and low signal-to-noise regimes.

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2009
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13. COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND LIKELIHOOD APPROXIMATION BY A GAUSSIANIZED BLACKWELL-RAO ESTIMATOR

Author

Nicolaas E. Groeneboom, H. K. Eriksen, J. Jewell, Greg Huey, Øystein Rudjord, and K. M. Górski

Subjects
Physics, Spectral index, Cosmic microwave background, Scalar (mathematics), Estimator, Spectral density, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Multivariate normal distribution, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, CMB cold spot, symbols.namesake, Space and Planetary Science, symbols, Statistical physics, Planck
Abstract

We introduce a new CMB temperature likelihood approximation called the Gaussianized Blackwell-Rao (GBR) estimator. This estimator is derived by transforming the observed marginal power spectrum distributions obtained by the CMB Gibbs sampler into standard univariate Gaussians, and then approximate their joint transformed distribution by a multivariate Gaussian. The method is exact for full-sky coverage and uniform noise, and an excellent approximation for sky cuts and scanning patterns relevant for modern satellite experiments such as WMAP and Planck. A single evaluation of this estimator between l=2 and 200 takes ~0.2 CPU milliseconds, while for comparison, a single pixel space likelihood evaluation between l=2 and 30 for a map with ~2500 pixels requires ~20 seconds. We apply this tool to the 5-year WMAP temperature data, and re-estimate the angular temperature power spectrum, $C_{\ell}$, and likelihood, L(C_l), for l

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2009
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14. A Reanalysis of the 3 YearWilkinson Microwave Anisotropy ProbeTemperature Power Spectrum and Likelihood

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Pankaj Jain, Greg Huey, H. K. Eriksen, B. D. Wandelt, Tarun Souradeep, I. J. O'Dwyer, A. J. Banday, K. M. Górski, D. L. Larson, F. K. Hansen, J. Dick, Lloyd Knox, J. Jewell, and Rajib Saha

Subjects
Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Estimation theory, Sampling (statistics), Sigma, Spectral density, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, CMB cold spot, Power (physics), symbols.namesake, Matrix (mathematics), Space and Planetary Science, 0103 physical sciences, symbols, Statistical physics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Gibbs sampling
Abstract

We analyze the three-year WMAP temperature anisotropy data seeking to confirm the power spectrum and likelihoods published by the WMAP team. We apply five independent implementations of four algorithms to the power spectrum estimation and two implementations to the parameter estimation. Our single most important result is that we broadly confirm the WMAP power spectrum and analysis. Still, we do find two small but potentially important discrepancies: On large angular scales there is a small power excess in the WMAP spectrum (5-10% at l ~300). Recently, the latter discrepancy was explained by Huffenberger et al. (2006) in terms of over-subtraction of unresolved point sources. As far as the low-l bias is concerned, most parameters are affected by a few tenths of a sigma. The most important effect is seen in n_s. For the combination of WMAP, Acbar and BOOMERanG, the significance of n_s =/ 1 drops from ~2.7 sigma to ~2.3 sigma when correcting for this bias. We propose a few simple improvements to the low-l WMAP likelihood code, and introduce two important extensions to the Gibbs sampling method that allows for proper sampling of the low signal-to-noise regime. Finally, we make the products from the Gibbs sampling analysis publically available, thereby providing a fast and simple route to the exact likelihood without the need of expensive matrix inversions.

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2007
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15. Planck Intermediate Results. IV. The XMM-Newton validation programme for new Planck clusters

Author

P. A. R. Ade, N. Aghanim, M. Arnaud, M. Ashdown, J. Aumont, C. Baccigalupi, A. Balbi, A. J. Banday, R. B. Barreiro, J. G. Bartlett, E. Battaner, K. Benabed, A. Benoît, J. P. Bernard, M. Bersanelli, I. Bikmaev, H. Böhringer, A. Bonaldi, J. R. Bond, J. Borrill, F. R. Bouchet, M. L. Brown, C. Burigana, R. C. Butler, P. Cabella, P. Carvalho, A. Catalano, L. Cayón, A. Chamballu, R. R. Chary, L. Y. Chiang, G. Chon, P. R. Christensen, D. L. Clements, S. Colafrancesco, S. Colombi, A. Coulais, B. P. Crill, F. Cuttaia, A. Da Silva, H. Dahle, R. J. Davis, P. de Bernardis, G. de Gasperis, G. de Zotti, J. Delabrouille, J. Démoclès, F. X. Désert, J. M. Diego, K. Dolag, H. Dole, S. Donzelli, O. Doré, M. Douspis, X. Dupac, T. A. Enßlin, H. K. Eriksen, F. Finelli, I. Flores Cacho, O. Forni, M. Frailis, E. Franceschi, M. Frommert, S. Galeotta, K. Ganga, R. T. Génova Santos, Y. Giraud Héraud, J. González Nuevo, R. González Riestra, K. M. Górski, A. Gruppuso, F. K. Hansen, D. Harrison, A. Hempel, S. Henrot Versillé, C. Hernández Monteagudo, D. Herranz, S. R. Hildebrandt, E. Hivon, M. Hobson, W. A. Holmes, A. Hornstrup, W. Hovest, K. M. Huffenberger, G. Hurier, A. H. Jaffe, T. Jagemann, W. C. Jones, M. Juvela, R. Kneissl, J. Knoche, L. Knox, M. Kunz, H. Kurki Suonio, G. Lagache, J. M. Lamarre, A. Lasenby, C. R. Lawrence, M. Le Jeune, S. Leach, R. Leonardi, A. Liddle, P. B. Lilje, M. Linden Vørnle, M. López Caniego, G. Luzzi, J. F. Macías Pérez, D. Maino, N. Mandolesi, R. Mann, M. Maris, F. Marleau, D. J. Marshall, E. Martínez González, S. Masi, M. Massardi, S. Matarrese, P. Mazzotta, S. Mei, P. R. Meinhold, A. Melchiorri, J. B. Melin, L. Mendes, A. Mennella, S. Mitra, M. A. Miville Deschênes, A. Moneti, G. Morgante, D. Mortlock, D. Munshi, P. Naselsky, F. Nati, P. Natoli, H. U. Nørgaard Nielsen, F. Noviello, S. Osborne, F. Pajot, D. Paoletti, O. Perdereau, F. Perrotta, F. Piacentini, M. Piat, E. Pierpaoli, R. Piffaretti, S. Plaszczynski, P. Platania, E. Pointecouteau, G. Polenta, L. Popa, T. Poutanen, G. W. Pratt, S. Prunet, J. L. Puget, M. Reinecke, M. Remazeilles, C. Renault, S. Ricciardi, G. Rocha, C. Rosset, M. Rossetti, J. A. Rubiño Martín, B. Rusholme, M. Sandri, G. Savini, D. Scott, G. F. Smoot, A. Stanford, F. Stivoli, R. Sudiwala, R. Sunyaev, D. Sutton, A. S. Suur Uski, J. F. Sygnet, J. A. Tauber, L. Terenzi, L. Toffolatti, M. Tomasi, M. Tristram, L. Valenziano, B. Van Tent, P. Vielva, F. Villa, N. Vittorio, L. A. Wade, B. D. Wandelt, N. Welikala, J. Weller, S. D. M. White, D. Yvon, A. Zacchei, A. Zonca, BORGANI, STEFANO, GREGORIO, ANNA, P. A. R., Ade, N., Aghanim, M., Arnaud, M., Ashdown, J., Aumont, C., Baccigalupi, A., Balbi, A. J., Banday, R. B., Barreiro, J. G., Bartlett, E., Battaner, K., Benabed, A., Benoît, J. P., Bernard, M., Bersanelli, I., Bikmaev, H., Böhringer, A., Bonaldi, J. R., Bond, Borgani, Stefano, J., Borrill, F. R., Bouchet, M. L., Brown, C., Burigana, R. C., Butler, P., Cabella, P., Carvalho, A., Catalano, L., Cayón, A., Chamballu, R. R., Chary, L. Y., Chiang, G., Chon, P. R., Christensen, D. L., Clement, S., Colafrancesco, S., Colombi, A., Coulai, B. P., Crill, F., Cuttaia, A., Da Silva, H., Dahle, R. J., Davi, P., de Bernardi, G., de Gasperi, G., de Zotti, J., Delabrouille, J., Démoclè, F. X., Désert, J. M., Diego, K., Dolag, H., Dole, S., Donzelli, O., Doré, M., Douspi, X., Dupac, T. A., Enßlin, H. K., Eriksen, F., Finelli, I., Flores Cacho, O., Forni, M., Fraili, E., Franceschi, M., Frommert, S., Galeotta, K., Ganga, R. T., Génova Santo, Y., Giraud Héraud, J., González Nuevo, R., González Riestra, K. M., Górski, Gregorio, Anna, A., Gruppuso, F. K., Hansen, D., Harrison, A., Hempel, S., Henrot Versillé, C., Hernández Monteagudo, D., Herranz, S. R., Hildebrandt, E., Hivon, M., Hobson, W. A., Holme, A., Hornstrup, W., Hovest, K. M., Huffenberger, G., Hurier, A. H., Jaffe, T., Jagemann, W. C., Jone, M., Juvela, R., Kneissl, J., Knoche, L., Knox, M., Kunz, H., Kurki Suonio, G., Lagache, J. M., Lamarre, A., Lasenby, C. R., Lawrence, M., Le Jeune, S., Leach, R., Leonardi, A., Liddle, P. B., Lilje, M., Linden Vørnle, M., López Caniego, G., Luzzi, J. F., Macías Pérez, D., Maino, N., Mandolesi, R., Mann, M., Mari, F., Marleau, D. J., Marshall, E., Martínez González, S., Masi, M., Massardi, S., Matarrese, P., Mazzotta, S., Mei, P. R., Meinhold, A., Melchiorri, J. B., Melin, L., Mende, A., Mennella, S., Mitra, M. A., Miville Deschêne, A., Moneti, G., Morgante, D., Mortlock, D., Munshi, P., Naselsky, F., Nati, P., Natoli, H. U., Nørgaard Nielsen, F., Noviello, S., Osborne, F., Pajot, D., Paoletti, O., Perdereau, F., Perrotta, F., Piacentini, M., Piat, E., Pierpaoli, R., Piffaretti, S., Plaszczynski, P., Platania, E., Pointecouteau, G., Polenta, L., Popa, T., Poutanen, G. W., Pratt, S., Prunet, J. L., Puget, M., Reinecke, M., Remazeille, C., Renault, S., Ricciardi, G., Rocha, C., Rosset, M., Rossetti, J. A., Rubiño Martín, B., Rusholme, M., Sandri, G., Savini, D., Scott, G. F., Smoot, A., Stanford, F., Stivoli, R., Sudiwala, R., Sunyaev, D., Sutton, A. S., Suur Uski, J. F., Sygnet, J. A., Tauber, L., Terenzi, L., Toffolatti, M., Tomasi, M., Tristram, L., Valenziano, B., Van Tent, P., Vielva, F., Villa, N., Vittorio, L. A., Wade, B. D., Wandelt, N., Welikala, J., Weller, S. D. M., White, D., Yvon, A., Zacchei, and A., Zonca

Subjects
galaxies: clusters: intracluster medium, clusters: intracluster medium [galaxies], galaxies: clusters: general, cosmology: observations, X-rays: galaxies: clusters, clusters: general [galaxies], galaxies: clusters [X-rays], cosmic background radiation, observation [cosmology]
Abstract

We present the final results from the XMM-Newton validation follow-up of new Planck galaxy cluster candidates. We observed 15 new candidates, detected with signal-to-noise ratios between 4.0 and 6.1 in the 15.5-month nominal Planck survey. The candidates were selected using ancillary data flags derived from the ROSAT All Sky Survey (RASS) and Digitized Sky Survey all-sky maps, with the aim of pushing into the low SZ flux, high-z regime and testing RASS flags as indicators of candidate reliability. Fourteen new clusters were detected by XMM-Newton, ten single clusters and two double systems. Redshifts from X-ray spectroscopy lie in the range 0.2 to 0.9, with six clusters at z > 0.5. Estimated masses (M500) range from 2.5 × 1014 to 8 × 1014 M⊙. We discuss our results in the context of the full XMM-Newton validation programme, in which 51 new clusters have been detected. This includes four double and two triple systems, some of which are chance projections on the sky of clusters at different redshifts. We find thatassociation with a source from the RASS-Bright Source Catalogue is a robust indicator of the reliability of a candidate, whereas association with a source from the RASS-Faint Source Catalogue does not guarantee that the SZ candidate is a bona fide cluster. Nevertheless, most Planck clusters appear in RASS maps, with a significance greater than 2σ being a good indication that the candidate is a real cluster. Candidate validation from association with SDSS galaxy overdensity at z > 0.5 is also discussed. The full sample gives a Planck sensitivity threshold of Y500 ~ 4 × 10-4 arcmin2, with indication for Malmquist bias in the YX-Y500 relation below this threshold. The corresponding mass threshold depends on redshift. Systems with M500 > 5 × 1014 M⊙ at z > 0.5 are easily detectable with Planck. The newly-detected clusters follow the YX-Y500 relation derived from X-ray selected samples. Compared to X-ray selected clusters, the new SZ clusters have a lower X-ray luminosity on average for their mass. There is no indication of departure from standard self-similar evolution in the X-ray versus SZ scaling properties. In particular, there is no significant evolution of the YX / Y500 ratio.

Published
2013

16. Planckintermediate results(Corrigendum)

Author

P. A. R. Ade, N. Aghanim, M. Arnaud, M. Ashdown, F. Atrio Barandela, J. Aumont, C. Baccigalupi, A. Balbi, A. J. Banday, R. B. Barreiro, J. G. Bartlett, E. Battaner, K. Benabed, A. Benoît, J. P. Bernard, M. Bersanelli, R. Bhatia, I. Bikmaev, J. Bobin, H. Böhringer, A. Bonaldi, J. R. Bond, J. Borrill, F. R. Bouchet, H. Bourdin, M. L. Brown, R. Burenin, C. Burigana, P. Cabella, J. F. Cardoso, P. Carvalho, G. Castex, A. Catalano, L. Cayón, A. Chamballu, L. Y. Chiang, G. Chon, P. R. Christensen, E. Churazov, D. L. Clements, S. Colafrancesco, S. Colombi, L. P. L. Colombo, B. Comis, A. Coulais, B. P. Crill, F. Cuttaia, A. Da Silva, H. Dahle, L. Danese, R. J. Davis, P. de Bernardis, G. de Gasperis, G. de Zotti, J. Delabrouille, J. Démoclès, F. X. Désert, J. M. Diego, K. Dolag, H. Dole, S. Donzelli, O. Doré, U. Dörl, M. Douspis, X. Dupac, G. Efstathiou, T. A. Enßlin, H. K. Eriksen, F. Finelli, I. Flores Cacho, O. Forni, P. Fosalba, M. Frailis, E. Franceschi, M. Frommert, S. Galeotta, K. Ganga, R. T. Génova Santos, M. Giard, Y. Giraud Héraud, J. González Nuevo, K. M. Górski, GREGORIO, ANNA, A. Gruppuso, F. K. Hansen, D. Harrison, A. Hempel, S. Henrot Versillé, C. Hernández Monteagudo, D. Herranz, S. R. Hildebrandt, E. Hivon, M. Hobson, W. A. Holmes, G. Hurier, T. R. Jaffe, A. H. Jaffe, T. Jagemann, W. C. Jones, M. Juvela, E. Keihänen, I. Khamitov, T. S. Kisner, R. Kneissl, J. Knoche, L. Knox, M. Kunz, H. Kurki Suonio, G. Lagache, A. Lähteenmäki, J. M. Lamarre, A. Lasenby, C. R. Lawrence, M. Le Jeune, R. Leonardi, A. Liddle, P. B. Lilje, M. López Caniego, G. Luzzi, J. F. Macías Pérez, D. Maino, N. Mandolesi, M. Maris, F. Marleau, D. J. Marshall, E. Martínez González, S. Masi, M. Massardi, S. Matarrese, P. Mazzotta, S. Mei, A. Melchiorri, J. B. Melin, L. Mendes, A. Mennella, S. Mitra, M. A. Miville Deschênes, A. Moneti, L. Montier, G. Morgante, D. Mortlock, D. Munshi, J. A. Murphy, P. Naselsky, F. Nati, P. Natoli, H. U. Nørgaard Nielsen, F. Noviello, D. Novikov, I. Novikov, S. Osborne, F. Pajot, D. Paoletti, F. Pasian, G. Patanchon, O. Perdereau, L. Perotto, F. Perrotta, F. Piacentini, M. Piat, E. Pierpaoli, R. Piffaretti, S. Plaszczynski, E. Pointecouteau, G. Polenta, N. Ponthieu, L. Popa, T. Poutanen, G. W. Pratt, S. Prunet, J. L. Puget, J. P. Rachen, W. T. Reach, R. Rebolo, M. Reinecke, M. Remazeilles, C. Renault, S. Ricciardi, T. Riller, I. Ristorcelli, G. Rocha, M. Roman, C. Rosset, M. Rossetti, J. A. Rubiño Martín, B. Rusholme, M. Sandri, G. Savini, D. Scott, G. F. Smoot, J. L. Starck, R. Sudiwala, R. Sunyaev, D. Sutton, A. S. Suur Uski, J. F. Sygnet, J. A. Tauber, L. Terenzi, L. Toffolatti, M. Tomasi, M. Tristram, J. Tuovinen, L. Valenziano, B. Van Tent, J. Varis, P. Vielva, F. Villa, N. Vittorio, L. A. Wade, B. D. Wandelt, N. Welikala, S. D. M. White, M. White, D. Yvon, A. Zacchei, A. Zonca, BORGANI, STEFANO, P. A. R., Ade, N., Aghanim, M., Arnaud, M., Ashdown, F., Atrio Barandela, J., Aumont, C., Baccigalupi, A., Balbi, A. J., Banday, R. B., Barreiro, J. G., Bartlett, E., Battaner, K., Benabed, A., Benoît, J. P., Bernard, M., Bersanelli, R., Bhatia, I., Bikmaev, J., Bobin, H., Böhringer, A., Bonaldi, J. R., Bond, Borgani, Stefano, J., Borrill, F. R., Bouchet, H., Bourdin, M. L., Brown, R., Burenin, C., Burigana, P., Cabella, J. F., Cardoso, P., Carvalho, G., Castex, A., Catalano, L., Cayón, A., Chamballu, L. Y., Chiang, G., Chon, P. R., Christensen, E., Churazov, D. L., Clement, S., Colafrancesco, S., Colombi, L. P. L., Colombo, B., Comi, A., Coulai, B. P., Crill, F., Cuttaia, A., Da Silva, H., Dahle, L., Danese, R. J., Davi, P., de Bernardi, G., de Gasperi, G., de Zotti, J., Delabrouille, J., Démoclè, F. X., Désert, J. M., Diego, K., Dolag, H., Dole, S., Donzelli, O., Doré, U., Dörl, M., Douspi, X., Dupac, G., Efstathiou, T. A., Enßlin, H. K., Eriksen, F., Finelli, I., Flores Cacho, O., Forni, P., Fosalba, M., Fraili, E., Franceschi, M., Frommert, S., Galeotta, K., Ganga, R. T., Génova Santo, M., Giard, Y., Giraud Héraud, J., González Nuevo, K. M., Górski, Gregorio, Anna, A., Gruppuso, F. K., Hansen, D., Harrison, A., Hempel, S., Henrot Versillé, C., Hernández Monteagudo, D., Herranz, S. R., Hildebrandt, E., Hivon, M., Hobson, W. A., Holme, G., Hurier, T. R., Jaffe, A. H., Jaffe, T., Jagemann, W. C., Jone, M., Juvela, E., Keihänen, I., Khamitov, T. S., Kisner, R., Kneissl, J., Knoche, L., Knox, M., Kunz, H., Kurki Suonio, G., Lagache, A., Lähteenmäki, J. M., Lamarre, A., Lasenby, C. R., Lawrence, M., Le Jeune, R., Leonardi, A., Liddle, P. B., Lilje, M., López Caniego, G., Luzzi, J. F., Macías Pérez, D., Maino, N., Mandolesi, M., Mari, F., Marleau, D. J., Marshall, E., Martínez González, S., Masi, M., Massardi, S., Matarrese, P., Mazzotta, S., Mei, A., Melchiorri, J. B., Melin, L., Mende, A., Mennella, S., Mitra, M. A., Miville Deschêne, A., Moneti, L., Montier, G., Morgante, D., Mortlock, D., Munshi, J. A., Murphy, P., Naselsky, F., Nati, P., Natoli, H. U., Nørgaard Nielsen, F., Noviello, D., Novikov, I., Novikov, S., Osborne, F., Pajot, D., Paoletti, F., Pasian, G., Patanchon, O., Perdereau, L., Perotto, F., Perrotta, F., Piacentini, M., Piat, E., Pierpaoli, R., Piffaretti, S., Plaszczynski, E., Pointecouteau, G., Polenta, N., Ponthieu, L., Popa, T., Poutanen, G. W., Pratt, S., Prunet, J. L., Puget, J. P., Rachen, W. T., Reach, R., Rebolo, M., Reinecke, M., Remazeille, C., Renault, S., Ricciardi, T., Riller, I., Ristorcelli, G., Rocha, M., Roman, C., Rosset, M., Rossetti, J. A., Rubiño Martín, B., Rusholme, M., Sandri, G., Savini, D., Scott, G. F., Smoot, J. L., Starck, R., Sudiwala, R., Sunyaev, D., Sutton, A. S., Suur Uski, J. F., Sygnet, J. A., Tauber, L., Terenzi, L., Toffolatti, M., Tomasi, M., Tristram, J., Tuovinen, L., Valenziano, B., Van Tent, J., Vari, P., Vielva, F., Villa, N., Vittorio, L. A., Wade, B. D., Wandelt, N., Welikala, S. D. M., White, M., White, D., Yvon, A., Zacchei, and A., Zonca

Subjects
galaxies: clusters: intracluster medium, clusters: intracluster medium [galaxies], galaxies: clusters: general, general [X-rays], cosmology: observations, clusters: general [galaxies], submillimeter: general, general [submillimeter], X-rays: general, errata, addenda, observation [cosmology]
Published
2013

17. A determination of the spectra of Galactic components observed by the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe

Author

A. J. Banday, Clive Dickinson, K. M. Górski, T. R. Jaffe, R. D. Davies, and R. J. Davis

Subjects
Physics, Spectral index, Spinning dust, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, media_common.quotation_subject, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, CMB cold spot, Synchrotron, Spectral line, law.invention, Space and Planetary Science, Sky, law, Emissivity, Electron temperature, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, media_common
Abstract

WMAP data when combined with ancillary data on free-free, synchrotron and dust allow an improved understanding of the spectrum of emission from each of these components. Here we examine the sky variation at intermediate latitudes using a cross-correlation technique. In particular, we compare the observed emission in 15 selected sky regions to three ``standard'' templates. The free-free emission of the diffuse ionised gas is fitted by a well-known spectrum at K and Ka band, but the derived emissivity corresponds to a mean electron temperature of ~4000-5000K. This is inconsistent with estimates from galactic HII regions. The origin of the discrepancy is unclear. The anomalous emission associated with dust is clearly detected in most of the 15 fields studied; it correlates well with the Finkbeiner et al. model 8 predictions (FDS8) at 94 GHz, with an effective spectral index between 20 and 60GHz of -2.85. Furthermore, the emissivity varies by a factor of ~2 from cloud to cloud. A modestly improved fit to the anomalous dust at K-band is provided by modulating the template by an estimate of the dust colour temperature, specifically FDS8*T^n. We find a preferred value n~1.6. The synchrotron emission steepens between GHz frequencies and the WMAP bands. There are indications of spectral index variations across the sky but the current data are not precise enough to accurately quantify this from region to region. Our analysis of the WMAP data indicates strongly that the dust-correlated emission at the low WMAP frequencies has a spectrum which is compatible with spinning dust; we find no evidence for a synchrotron component correlated with dust (abridged).

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2006
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18. Low-order multipole maps of cosmic microwave background anisotropy derived fromWMAP

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A. J. Banday, K. M. Górski, and P. Bielewicz

Subjects
Physics, media_common.quotation_subject, Cosmic microwave background, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Galactic plane, CMB cold spot, Amplitude, Space and Planetary Science, Sky, Quadrupole, Multipole expansion, Anisotropy, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, media_common
Abstract

Recent analyses of the WMAP data have suggested that the low-order multipoles of the CMB anisotropy distribution show cosmologically interesting and unexpected morphologies and amplitudes. In this paper, we apply a power equalization (PE) filter to the high-latitude WMAP data in order to reconstruct these low-l multipoles free from the largest Galactic foreground modelling uncertainties in the Galactic plane. The characteristic spatial distributions of the modes of order l=2,3,4,5 have been determined as a function of frequency, sky coverage and two methods for foreground correction: using the template fitting results of Bennett et al. (2003) and by a simple linear projection scheme assuming the spectral dependence of the foreground components. Our analyses suggest that the K and Ka frequency bands remain significantly contaminated by residual foreground emission for the WMAP Kp2 mask. However, the l=3,4,5 multipole maps for the Q, V and W channels indicate that, after foreground cleaning, these multipoles are dominated by the CMB anisotropy component. We confirm the Tegmark et al. (2003) result that the octopole does indeed show structure in which its hot and cold spots are centred on a single plane in the sky, and show further that this is very stable with respect to the applied mask and foreground correction. The estimated quadrupole is much less stable showing non-negligible dependence on the Galactic foreground correction. Including these uncertainties is likely to weaken the statistical significance of the claimed alignment between the quadrupole and octopole. Nevertheless, these anisotropy patterns are also present for in COBE-DMR data, and are unlikely to be associated with instrumental systematic artifacts.

Published
2004
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19. Bayesian Power Spectrum Analysis of the First-Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe Data

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Steven Levin, H. K. Eriksen, I. J. O'Dwyer, A. J. Banday, K. M. Górski, P. B. Lilje, B. D. Wandelt, J. Jewell, and D. L. Larson

Subjects
Physics, Cosmic microwave background, Bayesian probability, Spectrum (functional analysis), Spectral density, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, CMB cold spot, Data set, symbols.namesake, Space and Planetary Science, symbols, Probability distribution, Gibbs sampling
Abstract

We present the first results from a Bayesian analysis of the WMAP first year data using a Gibbs sampling technique. Using two independent, parallel supercomputer codes we analyze the WMAP Q, V and W bands. The analysis results in a full probabilistic description of the information the WMAP data set contains about the power spectrum and the all-sky map of the cosmic microwave background anisotropies. We present the complete probability distributions for each C_l including any non-Gaussianities of the power spectrum likelihood. While we find good overall agreement with the previously published WMAP spectrum, our analysis uncovers discrepancies in the power spectrum estimates at low l multipoles. For example we claim the best-fit Lambda-CDM model is consistent with the C_2 inferred from our combined Q+V+W analysis with a 10% probability of an even larger theoretical C_2. Based on our exact analysis we can therefore attribute the "low quadrupole issue" to a statistical fluctuation.

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2004
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20. Asymmetries in the Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy Field

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F. K. Hansen, A. J. Banday, K. M. Górski, H. K. Eriksen, and P. B. Lilje

Subjects
Physics, Ecliptic coordinate system, media_common.quotation_subject, Cosmic microwave background, Ecliptic, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, CMB cold spot, Asymmetry, Correlation function (statistical mechanics), Amplitude, Space and Planetary Science, Multipole expansion, media_common
Abstract

We report on the results from two independent but complementary statistical analyses of the WMAP first-year data, based on the power spectrum and N-point correlation functions. We focus on large and intermediate scales (larger than about 3 degrees) and compare the observed data against Monte Carlo ensembles with WMAP-like properties. In both analyses, we measure the amplitudes of the large-scale fluctuations on opposing hemispheres and study the ratio of the two amplitudes. The power-spectrum analysis shows that this ratio for WMAP, as measured along the axis of maximum asymmetry, is high at the 95%-99% level (depending on the particular multipole range included). The axis of maximum asymmetry of the WMAP data is weakly dependent on the multipole range under consideration but tends to lie close to the ecliptic axis. In the N-point correlation function analysis we focus on the northern and southern hemispheres defined in ecliptic coordinates, and we find that the ratio of the large-scale fluctuation amplitudes is high at the 98%-99% level. Furthermore, the results are stable with respect to choice of Galactic cut and also with respect to frequency band. A similar asymmetry is found in the COBE-DMR map, and the axis of maximum asymmetry is close to the one found in the WMAP data.

Published
2004
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21. COBE—DMR constraints on the non-linear coupling parameter: a wavelet based method

Author

L. Cayón, K. M. Górski, E. Martínez-González, A. J. Banday, and Francisco Argüeso

Subjects
Physics, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Cosmic microwave background, Mathematical analysis, Mexican hat wavelet, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Linear discriminant analysis, Nonlinear system, Quadratic equation, Wavelet, Space and Planetary Science, Skewness, Bispectrum
Abstract

Nonlinearity introduced in slow-roll inflation will produce weakly non-Gaussian CMB temperature fluctuations. We have simulated non-Gaussian large scale CMB maps (including COBE-DMR constraints) introducing an additional quadratic term in the gravitational potential.The amount of nonlinearity being controlled by the so called nonlinear coupling parameter f_{nl}. An analysis based on the Spherical Mexican Hat wavelet was applied to these and to the COBE-DMR maps. Skewness values obtained at several scales were combined into a Fisher discriminant. Comparison of the Fisher discriminant distributions obtained for different nonlinear coupling parameters with the COBE-DMR values, sets a constraint of abs(f_{nl}), accepted for publication in MNRAS

Published
2003
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22. Correlating Fourier phase information with real-space higher order statistics in CMB data

Author

H. Modest, Gregor E. Morfill, Christoph Räth, A. J. Banday, and K. M. Górski

Subjects
Physics, Data Analysis, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Cosmic microwave background, Phase (waves), Higher-order statistics, Probability and statistics, Higher Order Statistics, Space (mathematics), Quantum mechanics, Observational cosmology, Minkowski space, Cosmic Microwave Background, Fourier Phases, Statistical physics, Forschungsgruppe Komplexe Plasmen, Scaling
Abstract

We present a heuristic study on the correlations between harmonic space phase information and higher-order statistics. Using the spherical full-sky maps of the cosmic microwave background as an example, we demonstrate that known phase correlations at large spatial scales can gradually be diminished when subtracting a suitable best-fit (Bianchi-)template map of a given strength. The weaker phase correlations are attended by a vanishing signature of anisotropy when measuring the Minkowski functionals and scaling indices in real space with the aid of surrogate maps being free of phase correlations. Those investigations can open a new road to a better understanding of signatures of non-Gaussianities in complex spatial structures, especially by elucidating the meaning of Fourier phase correlations and their influence on higher-order statistics.

Published
2014

23. Planck intermediate results. XXVI. Optical identification and redshifts of Planck clusters with the RTT150 telescope

Author

Ade, P, Aghanim, N, Arnaud, M, Ashdown, M, Aumont, J, Baccigalupi, C, Banday, A, Barreiro, R, Barrena, R, Bartolo, N, Battaner, E, Benabed, K, Benoit-Lévy, A, Bernard, J, Bersanelli, M, Bielewicz, P, Bikmaev, I, Böhringer, H, Bonaldi, A, Bonavera, L, Bond, J, Borrill, J, Bouchet, F, Burenin, R, Burigana, C, Butler, R, Calabrese, E, Carvalho, P, Catalano, A, Chamballu, A, Chiang, H, Chon, G, Christensen, P, Churazov, E, Clements, D, Colombo, L, Comis, B, Couchot, F, Curto, A, Cuttaia, F, Dahle, H, Danese, L, Davies, R, Davis, R, de Bernardis, P, de Rosa, A, de Zotti, G, Delabrouille, J, Diego, J, Dole, H, Doré, O, Douspis, M, Ducout, A, Dupac, X, Efstathiou, G, Elsner, F, Enßlin, T, Eriksen, H, Finelli, F, Flores-Cacho, I, Forni, O, Frailis, M, Fraisse, A, Franceschi, E, Frejsel, A, Fromenteau, S, Galeotta, S, Ganga, K, Génova-Santos, R, Giard, M, Gilfanov, M, Giraud-Héraud, Y, Gjerløw, E, González-Nuevo, J, Górski, K, Gruppuso, A, Hansen, F, Hanson, D, Harrison, D, Hempel, A, Henrot-Versillé, S, Hernández-Monteagudo, C, Herranz, D, Hildebrandt, S, Hivon, E, Hobson, M, Holmes, W, Hornstrup, A, Hovest, W, Huffenberger, K, Hurier, G, Jaffe, T, Jones, W, Juvela, M, Keihänen, E, Keskitalo, R, Khamitov, I, Kisner, T, Kneissl, R, Knoche, J, Kunz, M, Kurki-Suonio, H, Lagache, G, Lamarre, J, Lasenby, A, Lattanzi, M, Lawrence, C, Leonardi, R, Levrier, F, Liguori, M, Lilje, P, Linden-Vørnle, M, López-Caniego, M, Lubin, P, Macías-Pérez, J, Maino, D, Mandolesi, N, Maris, M, Martin, P, Martínez-González, E, Masi, S, Matarrese, S, Mazzotta, P, Melin, J, Mendes, L, Mennella, A, Migliaccio, M, Miville-Deschênes, M, Moneti, A, Montier, L, Morgante, G, Mortlock, D, Munshi, D, Murphy, J, Naselsky, P, Nati, F, Natoli, P, Nørgaard-Nielsen, H, Novikov, D, Novikov, I, Oxborrow, C, Pagano, L, Pajot, F, Paoletti, D, Pasian, F, Perdereau, O, Perotto, L, Perrotta, F, Pettorino, V, Piacentini, F, Piat, M, Pietrobon, D, Plaszczynski, S, Pointecouteau, E, Polenta, G, Popa, L, Pratt, G, Prunet, S, Puget, J, Rachen, J, Reinecke, M, Remazeilles, M, Renault, C, Ricciardi, S, Ristorcelli, I, Rocha, G, Roman, M, Rosset, C, Rossetti, M, Roudier, G, Rubiño-Martín, J, Rusholme, B, Sandri, M, Scott, D, Spencer, L, Stolyarov, V, Sudiwala, R, Sunyaev, R, Sutton, D, Suur-Uski, A, Sygnet, J, Tauber, J, Terenzi, L, Toffolatti, L, Tomasi, M, Tristram, M, Tucci, M, Valenziano, L, Valiviita, J, Van Tent, B, Vibert, L, Vielva, P, Villa, F, Wade, L, Wandelt, B, Wehus, I, Yvon, D, Zacchei, A, Zonca, A, P. A. R. Ade, N. Aghanim, M. Arnaud, M. Ashdown, J. Aumont, C. Baccigalupi, A. J. Banday, R. B. Barreiro, R. Barrena, N. Bartolo, E. Battaner, K. Benabed, A. Benoit-Lévy, J. -P. Bernard, M. Bersanelli, P. Bielewicz, I. Bikmaev, H. Böhringer, A. Bonaldi, L. Bonavera, J. R. Bond, J. Borrill, F. R. Bouchet, R. Burenin, C. Burigana, R. C. Butler, E. Calabrese, P. Carvalho, A. Catalano, A. Chamballu, H. C. Chiang, G. Chon, P. R. Christensen, E. Churazov, D. L. Clements, L. P. L. Colombo, B. Comis, F. Couchot, A. Curto, F. Cuttaia, H. Dahle, L. Danese, R. D. Davies, R. J. Davis, P. de Bernardis, A. de Rosa, G. de Zotti, J. Delabrouille, J. M. Diego, H. Dole, O. Doré, M. Douspis, A. Ducout, X. Dupac, G. Efstathiou, F. Elsner, T. A. Enßlin, H. K. Eriksen, F. Finelli, I. Flores-Cacho, O. Forni, M. Frailis, A. A. Fraisse, E. Franceschi, A. Frejsel, S. Fromenteau, S. Galeotta, K. Ganga, R. T. Génova-Santos, M. Giard, M. Gilfanov, Y. Giraud-Héraud, E. Gjerløw, J. González-Nuevo, K. M. Górski, A. Gruppuso, F. K. Hansen, D. Hanson, D. L. Harrison, A. Hempel, S. Henrot-Versillé, C. Hernández-Monteagudo, D. Herranz, S. R. Hildebrandt, E. Hivon, M. Hobson, W. A. Holmes, A. Hornstrup, W. Hovest, K. M. Huffenberger, G. Hurier, T. R. Jaffe, W. C. Jones, M. Juvela, E. Keihänen, R. Keskitalo, I. Khamitov, T. S. Kisner, R. Kneissl, J. Knoche, M. Kunz, H. Kurki-Suonio, G. Lagache, J. -M. Lamarre, A. Lasenby, M. Lattanzi, C. R. Lawrence, R. Leonardi, F. Levrier, M. Liguori, P. B. Lilje, M. Linden-Vørnle, M. López-Caniego, P. M. Lubin, J. F. Macías-Pérez, D. Maino, N. Mandolesi, M. Maris, P. G. Martin, E. Martínez-González, S. Masi, S. Matarrese, P. Mazzotta, J. -B. Melin, L. Mendes, A. Mennella, M. Migliaccio, M. -A. Miville-Deschênes, A. Moneti, L. Montier, G. Morgante, D. Mortlock, D. Munshi, J. A. Murphy, P. Naselsky, F. Nati, P. Natoli, H. U. Nørgaard-Nielsen, D. Novikov, I. Novikov, C. A. Oxborrow, L. Pagano, F. Pajot, D. Paoletti, F. Pasian, O. Perdereau, L. Perotto, F. Perrotta, V. Pettorino, F. Piacentini, M. Piat, D. Pietrobon, S. Plaszczynski, E. Pointecouteau, G. Polenta, L. Popa, G. W. Pratt, S. Prunet, J. -L. Puget, J. P. Rachen, M. Reinecke, M. Remazeilles, C. Renault, S. Ricciardi, I. Ristorcelli, G. Rocha, M. Roman, C. Rosset, M. Rossetti, G. Roudier, J. A. Rubiño-Martín, B. Rusholme, M. Sandri, D. Scott, L. D. Spencer, V. Stolyarov, R. Sudiwala, R. Sunyaev, D. Sutton, A. -S. Suur-Uski, J. -F. Sygnet, J. A. Tauber, L. Terenzi, L. Toffolatti, M. Tomasi, M. Tristram, M. Tucci, L. Valenziano, J. Valiviita, B. Van Tent, L. Vibert, P. Vielva, F. Villa, L. A. Wade, B. D. Wandelt, I. K. Wehus, D. Yvon, A. Zacchei, A. Zonca, Ade, P, Aghanim, N, Arnaud, M, Ashdown, M, Aumont, J, Baccigalupi, C, Banday, A, Barreiro, R, Barrena, R, Bartolo, N, Battaner, E, Benabed, K, Benoit-Lévy, A, Bernard, J, Bersanelli, M, Bielewicz, P, Bikmaev, I, Böhringer, H, Bonaldi, A, Bonavera, L, Bond, J, Borrill, J, Bouchet, F, Burenin, R, Burigana, C, Butler, R, Calabrese, E, Carvalho, P, Catalano, A, Chamballu, A, Chiang, H, Chon, G, Christensen, P, Churazov, E, Clements, D, Colombo, L, Comis, B, Couchot, F, Curto, A, Cuttaia, F, Dahle, H, Danese, L, Davies, R, Davis, R, de Bernardis, P, de Rosa, A, de Zotti, G, Delabrouille, J, Diego, J, Dole, H, Doré, O, Douspis, M, Ducout, A, Dupac, X, Efstathiou, G, Elsner, F, Enßlin, T, Eriksen, H, Finelli, F, Flores-Cacho, I, Forni, O, Frailis, M, Fraisse, A, Franceschi, E, Frejsel, A, Fromenteau, S, Galeotta, S, Ganga, K, Génova-Santos, R, Giard, M, Gilfanov, M, Giraud-Héraud, Y, Gjerløw, E, González-Nuevo, J, Górski, K, Gruppuso, A, Hansen, F, Hanson, D, Harrison, D, Hempel, A, Henrot-Versillé, S, Hernández-Monteagudo, C, Herranz, D, Hildebrandt, S, Hivon, E, Hobson, M, Holmes, W, Hornstrup, A, Hovest, W, Huffenberger, K, Hurier, G, Jaffe, T, Jones, W, Juvela, M, Keihänen, E, Keskitalo, R, Khamitov, I, Kisner, T, Kneissl, R, Knoche, J, Kunz, M, Kurki-Suonio, H, Lagache, G, Lamarre, J, Lasenby, A, Lattanzi, M, Lawrence, C, Leonardi, R, Levrier, F, Liguori, M, Lilje, P, Linden-Vørnle, M, López-Caniego, M, Lubin, P, Macías-Pérez, J, Maino, D, Mandolesi, N, Maris, M, Martin, P, Martínez-González, E, Masi, S, Matarrese, S, Mazzotta, P, Melin, J, Mendes, L, Mennella, A, Migliaccio, M, Miville-Deschênes, M, Moneti, A, Montier, L, Morgante, G, Mortlock, D, Munshi, D, Murphy, J, Naselsky, P, Nati, F, Natoli, P, Nørgaard-Nielsen, H, Novikov, D, Novikov, I, Oxborrow, C, Pagano, L, Pajot, F, Paoletti, D, Pasian, F, Perdereau, O, Perotto, L, Perrotta, F, Pettorino, V, Piacentini, F, Piat, M, Pietrobon, D, Plaszczynski, S, Pointecouteau, E, Polenta, G, Popa, L, Pratt, G, Prunet, S, Puget, J, Rachen, J, Reinecke, M, Remazeilles, M, Renault, C, Ricciardi, S, Ristorcelli, I, Rocha, G, Roman, M, Rosset, C, Rossetti, M, Roudier, G, Rubiño-Martín, J, Rusholme, B, Sandri, M, Scott, D, Spencer, L, Stolyarov, V, Sudiwala, R, Sunyaev, R, Sutton, D, Suur-Uski, A, Sygnet, J, Tauber, J, Terenzi, L, Toffolatti, L, Tomasi, M, Tristram, M, Tucci, M, Valenziano, L, Valiviita, J, Van Tent, B, Vibert, L, Vielva, P, Villa, F, Wade, L, Wandelt, B, Wehus, I, Yvon, D, Zacchei, A, Zonca, A, P. A. R. Ade, N. Aghanim, M. Arnaud, M. Ashdown, J. Aumont, C. Baccigalupi, A. J. Banday, R. B. Barreiro, R. Barrena, N. Bartolo, E. Battaner, K. Benabed, A. Benoit-Lévy, J. -P. Bernard, M. Bersanelli, P. Bielewicz, I. Bikmaev, H. Böhringer, A. Bonaldi, L. Bonavera, J. R. Bond, J. Borrill, F. R. Bouchet, R. Burenin, C. Burigana, R. C. Butler, E. Calabrese, P. Carvalho, A. Catalano, A. Chamballu, H. C. Chiang, G. Chon, P. R. Christensen, E. Churazov, D. L. Clements, L. P. L. Colombo, B. Comis, F. Couchot, A. Curto, F. Cuttaia, H. Dahle, L. Danese, R. D. Davies, R. J. Davis, P. de Bernardis, A. de Rosa, G. de Zotti, J. Delabrouille, J. M. Diego, H. Dole, O. Doré, M. Douspis, A. Ducout, X. Dupac, G. Efstathiou, F. Elsner, T. A. Enßlin, H. K. Eriksen, F. Finelli, I. Flores-Cacho, O. Forni, M. Frailis, A. A. Fraisse, E. Franceschi, A. Frejsel, S. Fromenteau, S. Galeotta, K. Ganga, R. T. Génova-Santos, M. Giard, M. Gilfanov, Y. Giraud-Héraud, E. Gjerløw, J. González-Nuevo, K. M. Górski, A. Gruppuso, F. K. Hansen, D. Hanson, D. L. Harrison, A. Hempel, S. Henrot-Versillé, C. Hernández-Monteagudo, D. Herranz, S. R. Hildebrandt, E. Hivon, M. Hobson, W. A. Holmes, A. Hornstrup, W. Hovest, K. M. Huffenberger, G. Hurier, T. R. Jaffe, W. C. Jones, M. Juvela, E. Keihänen, R. Keskitalo, I. Khamitov, T. S. Kisner, R. Kneissl, J. Knoche, M. Kunz, H. Kurki-Suonio, G. Lagache, J. -M. Lamarre, A. Lasenby, M. Lattanzi, C. R. Lawrence, R. Leonardi, F. Levrier, M. Liguori, P. B. Lilje, M. Linden-Vørnle, M. López-Caniego, P. M. Lubin, J. F. Macías-Pérez, D. Maino, N. Mandolesi, M. Maris, P. G. Martin, E. Martínez-González, S. Masi, S. Matarrese, P. Mazzotta, J. -B. Melin, L. Mendes, A. Mennella, M. Migliaccio, M. -A. Miville-Deschênes, A. Moneti, L. Montier, G. Morgante, D. Mortlock, D. Munshi, J. A. Murphy, P. Naselsky, F. Nati, P. Natoli, H. U. Nørgaard-Nielsen, D. Novikov, I. Novikov, C. A. Oxborrow, L. Pagano, F. Pajot, D. Paoletti, F. Pasian, O. Perdereau, L. Perotto, F. Perrotta, V. Pettorino, F. Piacentini, M. Piat, D. Pietrobon, S. Plaszczynski, E. Pointecouteau, G. Polenta, L. Popa, G. W. Pratt, S. Prunet, J. -L. Puget, J. P. Rachen, M. Reinecke, M. Remazeilles, C. Renault, S. Ricciardi, I. Ristorcelli, G. Rocha, M. Roman, C. Rosset, M. Rossetti, G. Roudier, J. A. Rubiño-Martín, B. Rusholme, M. Sandri, D. Scott, L. D. Spencer, V. Stolyarov, R. Sudiwala, R. Sunyaev, D. Sutton, A. -S. Suur-Uski, J. -F. Sygnet, J. A. Tauber, L. Terenzi, L. Toffolatti, M. Tomasi, M. Tristram, M. Tucci, L. Valenziano, J. Valiviita, B. Van Tent, L. Vibert, P. Vielva, F. Villa, L. A. Wade, B. D. Wandelt, I. K. Wehus, D. Yvon, A. Zacchei, and A. Zonca

Abstract

We present the results of approximately three years of observations of Planck Sunyaev-Zeldovich (SZ) sources with the Russian-Turkish 1.5 m telescope (RTT150), as a part of the optical follow-up programme undertaken by the Planck collaboration. During this time period approximately 20% of all dark and grey clear time available at the telescope was devoted to observations of Planck objects. Some observations of distant clusters were also done at the 6 m Bolshoi Telescope Alt-azimutalnyi (BTA) of the Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences. In total, deep, direct images of more than one hundred fields were obtained in multiple filters. We identified 47 previously unknown galaxy clusters, 41 of which are included in the Planck catalogue of SZ sources. The redshifts of 65 Planck clusters were measured spectroscopically and 14 more were measured photometrically. We discuss the details of cluster optical identifications and redshift measurements. We also present new spectroscopic redshifts for 39 Planck clusters that were not included in the Planck SZ source catalogue and are published here for the first time.

Published
2015

24. Root Mean Square Anisotropy in theCOBEDMR Four‐Year Sky Maps

Author

K. M. Górski, Gary Hinshaw, Charles H. Lineweaver, George F. Smoot, A. Kogut, Charles L. Bennett, L. Tenorio, and A. J. Banday

Subjects
Physics, Normalization (statistics), Ecliptic coordinate system, media_common.quotation_subject, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Power law, Galaxy, Amplitude, Space and Planetary Science, Sky, Quadrupole, Physics::Accelerator Physics, Anisotropy, media_common
Abstract

The sky-RMS is the simplest model-independent characterization of a cosmological anisotropy signal. The RMS temperature fluctuations determined from the $COBE$-DMR four-year sky maps are frequency independent, consistent with the hypothesis that they are cosmological in origin, with a typical amplitude at 7 degrees of ~ 35 \pm\ 2 uK and at 10 degrees of ~29 \pm\ 1 uK. A joint analysis of the 7 deg and 10 deg "cross"-RMS derived from the data in both Galactic and Ecliptic coordinates is used to determine the RMS quadrupole normalization, $Q_{rms-PS}$, for a scale-invariant Harrison-Zel'dovich power law model. The difference in the inferred normalizations either including or excluding the quadrupole is a consequence of the sensitivity of the method to the Galaxy contaminated observed sky quadrupole. Whilst there are variations depending on the data selection, all results are consistent with an inferred \qrms\ normalization of ~18 \pm\ 2 uK.

Published
1997
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25. Cosmic Microwave Background Likelihood Approximation for Banded Probability Distributions

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H. K. Eriksen, D. S. Seljebotn, Ingunn Kathrine Wehus, K. M. Górski, J. Jewell, K. Mikkelsen, E. Gjerløw, Graca Rocha, G. Huey, and Sigurd Naess

Subjects
Physics, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Cosmic microwave background, Cosmic background radiation, Estimator, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, CMB cold spot, Space and Planetary Science, Joint probability distribution, 0103 physical sciences, Probability distribution, Statistical physics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Random variable, Randomness, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Abstract

We investigate sets of random variables that can be arranged sequentially such that a given variable only depends conditionally on its immediate predecessor. For such sets, we show that the full joint probability distribution may be expressed exclusively in terms of uni- and bivariate marginals. Under the assumption that the cosmic microwave background (CMB) power spectrum likelihood only exhibits correlations within a banded multipole range, Δl C , we apply this expression to two outstanding problems in CMB likelihood analysis. First, we derive a statistically well-defined hybrid likelihood estimator, merging two independent (e.g., low- and high-l) likelihoods into a single expression that properly accounts for correlations between the two. Applying this expression to the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) likelihood, we verify that the effect of correlations on cosmological parameters in the transition region is negligible in terms of cosmological parameters for WMAP; the largest relative shift seen for any parameter is 0.06σ. However, because this may not hold for other experimental setups (e.g., for different instrumental noise properties or analysis masks), but must rather be verified on a case-by-case basis, we recommend our new hybridization scheme for future experiments for statistical self-consistency reasons. Second, we use the same expression to improve the convergence rate of the Blackwell-Rao likelihood estimator, reducing the required number of Monte Carlo samples by several orders of magnitude, and thereby extend it to high-l applications.

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2013
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26. Directional Dependence of ΛCDM Cosmological Parameters

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F. K. Hansen, A. J. Banday, Yabebal Fantaye, M. Axelsson, H. K. Eriksen, and K. M. Górski

Subjects
Physics, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, media_common.quotation_subject, Cosmic background radiation, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Cosmological constant, 01 natural sciences, Asymmetry, Cosmology, Space and Planetary Science, Sky, 0103 physical sciences, Multipole expansion, Anisotropy, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Background radiation, media_common, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

We study hemispherical power asymmetry (Eriksen et. al. 2004, Hansen et. al. 2004, Hansen et. al. 2009) in the WMAP 9-year data. We analyse the combined V- and W-band sky maps, after application of the KQ85 mask, and find that the asymmetry is statistically significant at the 3.4sigma confidence level for ell=2-600, where the data is signal dominated, with a preferred asymmetry direction (l,b)=(227,-27). Individual asymmetry axes estimated from six independent multipole ranges are all consistent with this direction. Subsequently, we estimate cosmological parameters on different parts of the sky and show that the parameters A_s, n_s and Omega_b are the most sensitive to this power asymmetry. In particular, for the two opposite hemispheres aligned with the preferred asymmetry axis, we find n_s = 0.959 \pm 0.022 and n_s = 0.989 \pm 0.024, respectively., 6 pages, 7 figures, published in ApJL

Published
2013

27. Scale-dependent non-Gaussianities in the CMB data identified with Minkowski functionals and scaling indices

Author

Soumen Basak, Jacques Delabrouille, K. M. Górski, C. Räth, R. Sütterlin, Gregor E. Morfill, A. J. Banday, H. Modest, G. Rossmanith, Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Observatoire de Paris, and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)

Subjects
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), media_common.quotation_subject, Cosmic microwave background, Cosmic background radiation, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Asymmetry, symbols.namesake, 0103 physical sciences, Minkowski space, Statistical physics, Anisotropy, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Scaling, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, media_common, Physics, [PHYS]Physics [physics], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, CMB cold spot, Fourier transform, Classical mechanics, Space and Planetary Science, symbols, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

In order to test for non-Gaussianities with respect to scale-dependencies we use so-called surrogate maps, in which possible phase correlations of the Fourier phases of the original WMAP data and simulations, respectively, are destroyed by applying a shuffling scheme to the maps. A statistical comparison of the original maps with the surrogate maps then allows to test for the existence of higher order correlations in the original maps, also and especially on well-defined Fourier modes. Using Minkowski functionals as an image analysis technique we calculate the deviation between the original data and 500 surrogates for different hemispheres in the sky and find ecliptic hemispherical asymmetries between northern and southern ecliptic sky. We find strong deviations from Gaussianity in the WMAP data when considering the low-l range with l = [2,20]. The analysis technique of the scaling indices leads to a slightly lower deviation. Although the underlying foreground reduction methods of the maps differ from each other, we find similar results for the WMAP 7yr ILC map and the WMAP 7yr (needlet-based) NILC map in the low-l range. Our results point once more to a cosmological nature of the signal. For a higher l range with l = [120,300] the results differ between the two image analysis techniques and between the two maps which makes an intrinsic nature of the signal on this l range less likely. When we decrease the size of the analysed sky regions for the low-l study, we do not find signatures of NG in the northern sky. In the south we find individual spots which show deviations from Gaussianity. In addition, we investigate non-Gaussian CMB simulations that depend on the f_NL parameter of the local type. These simulations cannot account for the detected signatures on the low-l range., Comment: 13 pages, 10 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS

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2013
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28. Four-Year [ITAL]COBE[/ITAL] DMR Cosmic Microwave Background Observations: Maps and Basic Results

Author

Charles L. Bennett, Edward L. Wright, A. J. Banday, P. Keegstra, A. Kogut, Gary Hinshaw, George F. Smoot, David T. Wilkinson, K. M. Górski, and P. D. Jackson

Subjects
Physics, Normalization (statistics), Spectral index, Degree (graph theory), media_common.quotation_subject, Gaussian, Cosmic microwave background, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Power law, symbols.namesake, Space and Planetary Science, Sky, symbols, Anisotropy, media_common
Abstract

The cosmic microwave background radiation provides unique constraints on cosmological models. In this Letter we present a summary of the spatial properties of the cosmic microwave background radiation based on the full 4 years of COBE DMR observations, as detailed in a set of companion Letters. The anisotropy is consistent with a scale-invariant power law model and Gaussian statistics. With full use of the multi-frequency 4-year DMR data, including our estimate of the effects of Galactic emission, we find a power-law spectral index of $n=1.2\pm 0.3$ and a quadrupole normalization $Q_{rms-PS}=15.3^{+3.8}_{-2.8}$ $\mu$K. For $n=1$ the best-fit normalization is $Q_{rms-PS}\vert_{n=1}=18\pm 1.6$ $\mu$K. These values are consistent with both our previous 1-year and 2-year results. The results include use of the $\ell=2$ quadrupole term; exclusion of this term gives consistent results, but with larger uncertainties. The 4-year sky maps, presented in this Letter, portray an accurate overall visual impression of the anisotropy since the signal-to-noise ratio is ~2 per 10 degree sky map patch. The improved signal-to-noise ratio of the 4-year maps also allows for improvements in Galactic modeling and limits on non-Gaussian statistics.

Published
1996
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29. Microwave Emission at High Galactic Latitudes in the Four-Year DMR Sky Maps

Author

A. J. Banday, Edward L. Wright, Charles L. Bennett, A. Kogut, K. M. Górski, Gary Hinshaw, and George F. Smoot

Subjects
Physics, Radiometer, Spinning dust, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, media_common.quotation_subject, Cosmic microwave background, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Amplitude, Space and Planetary Science, Sky brightness, Sky, Anisotropy, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Microwave, media_common
Abstract

We use the COBE Differential Microwave Radiometers (DMR) 4-year sky maps to model Galactic microwave emission at high latitudes (|b| > 20 deg). Cross-correlation of the DMR maps with Galactic template maps detects fluctuations in the high-latitude microwave sky brightness with the angular variation of the DIRBE far-infrared dust maps and a frequency dependence consistent with a superposition of dust and free-free emission. We find no significant correlations between the DMR maps and various synchrotron templates. On the largest angular scales (e.g., quadrupole), Galactic emission is comparable in amplitude to the anisotropy in the cosmic microwave background (CMB). The CMB quadrupole amplitude, after correction for Galactic emission, has amplitude $Q_{rms}$ = 10.7 uK with random uncertainty 3.6 uK and systematic uncertainty 7.1 uK from uncertainty in our knowledge of Galactic microwave emission.

Published
1996
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30. Power Spectrum of Primordial Inhomogeneity Determined from the FOUR-Year [ITAL]COBE[/ITAL] DMR Sky Maps

Author

Charles L. Bennett, Gary Hinshaw, G. F. Smoot, K. M. Górski, Edward L. Wright, A. J. Banday, and A. Kogut

Subjects
Physics, media_common.quotation_subject, Cosmic microwave background, Ecliptic, Spectral density, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Galaxy, symbols.namesake, Amplitude, Space and Planetary Science, Sky, Fourier analysis, symbols, Galactic coordinate system, media_common
Abstract

Fourier analysis and power spectrum estimation of the cosmic microwave background anisotropy on an incompletely sampled sky developed by Gorski (1994) has been applied to the high-latitude portion of the 4-year COBE DMR 31.5, 53 and 90 GHz sky maps. Likelihood analysis using newly constructed Galaxy cuts (extended beyond |b| = 20deg to excise the known foreground emission) and simultaneously correcting for the faint high latitude galactic foreground emission is conducted on the DMR sky maps pixelized in both ecliptic and galactic coordinates. The Bayesian power spectrum estimation from the foreground corrected 4-year COBE DMR data renders n ~ 1.2 +/- 0.3, and Q_{rms-PS} ~ 15.3^{+3.7}_{-2.8} microK (projections of the two-parameter likelihood). These results are consistent with the Harrison-Zel'dovich n=1 model of amplitude Q_{rms-PS} ~ 18 microK detected with significance exceeding 14sigma (dQ/Q < 0.07). (A small power spectrum amplitude drop below the published 2-year results is predominantly due to the application of the new, extended Galaxy cuts.)

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1996
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31. Band Power Spectra in the [ITAL]COBE[/ITAL] DMR Four-Year Anisotropy Maps

Author

Gary Hinshaw, Edward L. Wright, George F. Smoot, K. M. Górski, Charles L. Bennett, A. J. Banday, and A. Kogut

Subjects
Physics, Spectral index, media_common.quotation_subject, Spectral density, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Spectral bands, Astrophysics, Spectral line, Amplitude, Space and Planetary Science, Sky, Quadrupole, Anisotropy, media_common
Abstract

We employ a pixel-based likelihood technique to estimate the angular power spectrum of the COBE Differential Microwave Radiometer (DMR) 4-year sky maps. The spectrum is consistent with a scale-invariant power-law form with a normalization, expressed in terms of the expected quadrupole anisotropy, of Q_{rms-PS|n=1} = 18 +/- 1.4 uK, and a best-fit spectral index of 1.2 +/- 0.3. The normalization is somewhat smaller than we concluded from the 2-year data, mainly due to additional Galactic modeling. We extend the analysis to investigate the extent to which the ``small" quadrupole observed in our sky is statistically consistent with a power-law spectrum. The most likely quadrupole amplitude is somewhat dependent on the details of Galactic foreground subtraction and data selection, ranging between 7 and 10 uK, but in no case is there compelling evidence that the quadrupole is too small to be consistent with a power-law spectrum. We conclude with a likelihood analysis of the band power amplitude in each of four spectral bands between l = 2 and 40, and find no evidence for deviations from a simple power-law spectrum.

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1996
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32. Two-Point Correlations in the [ITAL]COBE[/ITAL] DMR Four-Year Anisotropy Maps

Author

Gary Hinshaw, A. Kogut, George F. Smoot, A. J. Banday, K. M. Górski, Charles H. Lineweaver, Edward L. Wright, and Charles L. Bennett

Subjects
Physics, Normalization (statistics), Cosmic microwave background, Spectral density, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Function (mathematics), Correlation function (astronomy), Data set, Legendre transformation, symbols.namesake, Space and Planetary Science, symbols, Anisotropy
Abstract

The 2-point temperature correlation function is evaluated from the 4-year COBE DMR microwave anisotropy maps. We examine the 2-point function, which is the Legendre transform of the angular power spectrum, and show that the data are statistically consistent from channel to channel and frequency to frequency. The most likely quadrupole normalization is computed for a scale-invariant power-law spectrum of CMB anisotropy, using a variety of data combinations. For a given data set, the normalization inferred from the 2-point data is consistent with that inferred by other methods. The smallest and largest normalization deduced from any data combination are 16.4 and 19.6 uK respectively, with a value ~18 uK generally preferred.

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1996
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33. Angular Power Spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy Seen by the [ITAL]COBE[/ITAL] DMR

Author

Charles L. Bennett, Gary Hinshaw, George F. Smoot, Edward L. Wright, and K. M. Górski

Subjects
Physics, Spectral index, Amplitude, Space and Planetary Science, Cosmic microwave background, Spectral density, Spherical harmonics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Noise (electronics), Power law, Spectral line
Abstract

The angular power spectrum estimator developed by Peebles (1973) and Hauser & Peebles (1973) has been modified and applied to the 4 year maps produced by the COBE DMR. The power spectrum of the observed sky has been compared to the power spectra of a large number of simulated random skies produced with noise equal to the observed noise and primordial density fluctuation power spectra of power law form, with $P(k) \propto k^n$. The best fitting value of the spectral index in the range of spatial scales corresponding to spherical harmonic indices $3 \leq \ell \lesssim 30$ is an apparent spectral index $n_{app}$ = 1.13 (+0.3) (-0.4) which is consistent with the Harrison-Zel'dovich primordial spectral index $n_{pri} = 1$ The best fitting amplitude for $n_{app} = 1$ is $\langle Q_{RMS}^2\rangle^{0.5}$ = 18 uK.

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1996
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34. Planck Intermediate Results II: Comparison of Sunyaev-Zeldovich measurements from Planck and from the Arcminute Microkelvin Imager for 11 galaxy clusters

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P. A. R. Ade (82), N. Aghanim (56), M. Arnaud (72), M. Ashdown (69), 6, J. Aumont (56), C. Baccigalupi (81), A. Balbi (35), A. J. Banday (90, R. B. Barreiro (65), E. Battaner (92), R. Battye (68), K. Benabed (57, 89), A. Benoît (54), J.-P. Bernard (9), M. Bersanelli (32, 48), R. Bhatia (7), I. Bikmaev (20, H. Böhringer (77), A. Bonaldi (68), J. R. Bond (8), J. Borrill (14, 85), F. R. Bouchet (57, H. Bourdin (35), M. L. Brown (68), M. Bucher (1), R. Burenin (83), C. Burigana (47, 34), R. C. Butler (47), P. Cabella (36), P. Carvalho (6), A. Catalano (73, 71), L. Cayón (29), A. Chamballu (52), R.-R. Chary (53), L.-Y. Chiang (61), G. Chon (77), D. L. Clements (52), S. Colafrancesco (44), S. Colombi (57, A. Coulais (71), B. P. Crill (67, 79), F. Cuttaia (47), A. Da Silva (12), H. Dahle (63), R. D. Davies (68), R. J. Davis (68), P. de Bernardis (31), G. de Gasperis (35), A. de Rosa (47), G. de Zotti (43, 81), J. Delabrouille (1), J. Démoclès (72), C. Dickinson (68), J. M. Diego (65), K. Dolag (91, 76), H. Dole (56, 55), S. Donzelli (48), O. Doré (67, 10), M. Douspis (56), X. Dupac (40), G. Efstathiou (62), T. A. Enßlin (76), H. K. Eriksen (63), F. Feroz (6), F. Finelli (47), I. Flores-Cacho (9, 90), O. Forni (90, P. Fosalba (58), M. Frailis (45), E. Franceschi (47), S. Fromenteau (1, 56), S. Galeotta (45), K. Ganga (1), R. T. Génova-Santos (64), M. Giard (90, Y. Giraud-Héraud (1), J. González-Nuevo (65, K. M. Górski (67, 94), K. J. B. Grainge (6, 69), A. Gregorio (33, 45), A. Gruppuso (47), F. K. Hansen (63), D. Harrison (62, S. Henrot-Versillé (70), C. Hernández-Monteagudo (13, D. Herranz (65), S. R. Hildebrandt (10), E. Hivon (57, M. Hobson (6), W. A. Holmes (67), K. M. Huffenberger (93), G. Hurier (73), N. Hurley-Walker (6), T. Jagemann (40), M. Juvela (25), E. Keihänen (25), I. Khamitov (88), R. Kneissl (39, J. Knoche (76), M. Kunz (18, H. Kurki-Suonio (25, 42), G. Lagache (56), J.-M. Lamarre (71), A. Lasenby (6, C. R. Lawrence (67), M. Le Jeune (1), S. Leach (81), R. Leonardi (40), A. Liddle (24), P. B. Lilje (63, 11), M. Linden-Vørnle (17), M. López-Caniego (65), G. Luzzi (70), J. F. Macías-Pérez (73), C. J. MacTavish (69), D. Maino (32, N. Mandolesi (47, M. Maris (45), F. Marleau (60), D. J. Marshall (72), E. Martínez-González (65), S. Masi (31), M. Massardi (46), S. Matarrese (30), F. Matthai (76), P. Mazzotta (35), P. R. Meinhold (27), A. Melchiorri (31, 49), J.-B. Melin (16), L. Mendes (40), A. Mennella (32, S. Mitra (51, 67), M.-A. Miville-Deschênes (56, L. Montier (90, G. Morgante (47), D. Munshi (82), P. Naselsky (78, 37), P. Natoli (34, 4, 47), H. U. Nørgaard-Nielsen (17), F. Noviello (68), D. Novikov (52), I. Novikov (78), M. Olamaie (6), S. Osborne (87), F. Pajot (56), D. Paoletti (47), F. Pasian (45), G. Patanchon (1), T. J. Pearson (10, 53), O. Perdereau (70), Y. C. Perrott (6), F. Perrotta (81), F. Piacentini (31), E. Pierpaoli (23), P. Platania (66), E. Pointecouteau (90, G. Polenta (4, 44), L. Popa (59), T. Poutanen (42, G. W. Pratt (72), J.-L. Puget (56), J. P. Rachen (21, R. Rebolo (64, 38), M. Reinecke (76), M. Remazeilles (56, C. Renault (73), S. Ricciardi (47), I. Ristorcelli (90, G. Rocha (67, C. Rodríguez-Gonzálvez (6), C. Rosset (1), M. Rossetti (32, J. A. Rubiño-Martín (64, C. Rumsey (6), B. Rusholme (53), M. Sandri (47), R. D. E. Saunders (6, G. Savini (80), M. P. Schammel (6), D. Scott (22), T. W. Shimwell (6), G. F. Smoot (26, J.-L. Starck (72), F. Stivoli (50), V. Stolyarov (6, 86), R. Sudiwala (82), R. Sunyaev (76, 84), D. Sutton (62, A.-S. Suur-Uski (25, J.-F. Sygnet (57), J. A. Tauber (41), L. Terenzi (47), L. Toffolatti (19, 65), M. Tomasi (48), M. Tristram (70), L. Valenziano (47), B. Van Tent (74), P. Vielva (65), F. Villa (47), N. Vittorio (35), L. A. Wade (67), B. D. Wandelt (57, 28), D. Yvon (16), A. Zacchei (45), A. 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Subjects
galaxies: clusters: intracluster medium, galaxies: clusters: general, cosmology: observations, cosmic background radiation, x-rays: galaxies: clusters, [SDU.ASTR.CO]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], Astronomy, Arcminute Microkelvin Imager, Astrophysics, clusters: general [Galaxies], Parameter space, Cosmic background radiation, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Angular diameter, galaxies, observations − Galaxies: cluster: general − Galaxies: clusters: intracluster medium − Cosmic background radiation [Cosmology], observations [Cosmology], 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Physics, Cosmology: observations, Radius, ComputingMethodologies_DOCUMENTANDTEXTPROCESSING, symbols, Cluster sampling, Galaxies: clusters: intracluster medium, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, education, Cosmology: observations − Galaxies: cluster: general − Galaxies: clusters: intracluster medium − Cosmic background radiation, FOS: Physical sciences, clusters: intracluster medium [Galaxies], Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, cosmology observations galaxies, [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], symbols.namesake, Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, 0103 physical sciences, Cluster (physics), Galaxies: clusters: general, X-rays: galaxies: clusters, Planck, Galaxy cluster, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, X rays, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 115 Astronomy, Space science, Galaxies, Space and Planetary Science, astrophysics: cosmology and extragalactic astrophysics, galaxies: clusters [X-rays]
Abstract

A comparison is presented of Sunyaev-Zeldovich measurements for 11 galaxy clusters as obtained by Planck and by the ground-based interferometer, the Arcminute Microkelvin Imager. Assuming a universal spherically-symmetric Generalised Navarro, Frenk and White (GNFW) model for the cluster gas pressure profile, we jointly constrain the integrated Compton-Y parameter (Y 500) and the scale radius (θ500) of each cluster. Our resulting constraints in the Y500-θ500 2D parameter space derived from the two instruments overlap significantly for eight of the clusters, although, overall, there is a tendency for AMI to find the Sunyaev-Zeldovich signal to be smaller in angular size and fainter than Planck. Significant discrepancies exist for the three remaining clusters in the sample, namely A1413, A1914, and the newly-discovered Planck cluster PLCKESZ G139.59+24.18. The robustness of the analysis of both the Planck and AMI data is demonstrated through the use of detailed simulations, which also discount confusion from residual point (radio) sources and from diffuse astrophysical foregrounds as possible explanations for the discrepancies found. For a subset of our cluster sample, we have investigated the dependence of our results on the assumed pressure profile by repeating the analysis adopting the best-fitting GNFW profile shape which best matches X-ray observations. Adopting the best-fitting profile shape from the X-ray data does not, in general, resolve the discrepancies found in this subset of five clusters. Though based on a small sample, our results suggest that the adopted GNFW model may not be sufficiently flexible to describe clusters universally. © ESO, 2013., The Planck Collaboration acknowledges the support of: ESA; CNES and CNRS/INSU-IN2P3-INP (France); ASI, CNR, and INAF (Italy); NASA and DoE (USA); STFC and UKSA (UK); CSIC, MICINN and JA (Spain); Tekes, AoF and CSC (Finland); DLR and MPG (Germany); CSA (Canada); DTU Space (Denmark); SER/SSO (Switzerland); RCN (Norway); SFI (Ireland); FCT/MCTES (Portugal); and DEISA (EU).

Published
2012
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35. Search for non-Gaussianities in the WMAP data with the Scaling Index Method

Author

Gregor E. Morfill, H. Modest, C. Raeth, A. J. Banday, K. M. Górski, and G. Rossmanith

Subjects
Physics, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), lcsh:Astronomy, media_common.quotation_subject, Cosmic microwave background, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Measure (mathematics), CMB cold spot, Data set, lcsh:QB1-991, Space and Planetary Science, Sky, Satellite, Focus (optics), Algorithm, Scaling, media_common, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

In the recent years, non-Gaussianity and statistical isotropy of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) was investigated with various statistical measures, first and foremost by means of the measurements of the WMAP satellite. In this Review, we focus on the analyses that were accomplished with a measure of local type, the so-called Scaling Index Method (SIM). The SIM is able to detect structural characteristics of a given data set, and has proven to be highly valuable in CMB analysis. It was used for comparing the data set with simulations as well as surrogates, which are full sky maps generated by randomisation of previously selected features of the original map. During these investigations, strong evidence for non-Gaussianities as well as asymmetries and local features could be detected. In combination with the surrogates approach, the SIM detected the highest significances for non-Gaussianity to date., 19 pages, 15 figures, Review Article, Accepted for publication in Advances in Astronomy

Published
2011

36. Hemispherical power asymmetry in the three-year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe sky maps

Author

H. K. Eriksen, F. K. Hansen, P. B. Lilje, A. J. Banday, and K. M. Górski

Subjects
Physics, Frequentist probability, media_common.quotation_subject, Cosmic microwave background, Isotropy, Astrophysics (astro-ph), FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Polarization (waves), CMB cold spot, Amplitude, Space and Planetary Science, Sky, Frequentist inference, media_common
Abstract

We consider the issue of hemispherical power asymmetry in the three-year WMAP data, adopting a previously introduced modulation framework. Computing both frequentist probabilities and Bayesian evidences, we find that the model consisiting of an isotropic CMB sky modulated by a dipole field, gives a substantially better fit to the observations than the purely isotropic model, even when accounting for the larger prior volume. For the ILC map, the Bayesian log-evidence difference is ~1.8 in favour of the modulated model, and the raw improvement in maximum log-likelihood is 6.1. The best-fit modulation dipole axis points toward (l,b) = (225 deg,-27 deg), and the modulation amplitude is 0.114, in excellent agreement with the results from the first-year analyses. The frequentist probability of obtaining such a high modulation amplitude in an isotropic universe is ~1%. These results are not sensitive to data set or sky cut. Thus, the statistical evidence for a power asymmetry anomaly is both substantial and robust, although not decisive, for the currently available data. Increased sky coverage through better foreground handling and full-sky and high-sensitivity polarization maps may shed further light on this issue., 4 pages, 2 figures, accepted for publication in ApJL

Published
2007

37. The scalar perturbation spectral index n_s: WMAP sensitivity to unresolved point sources

Author

F. K. Hansen, H. K. Eriksen, Kevin M. Huffenberger, A. J. Banday, and K. M. Górski

Subjects
Physics, Particle physics, Spectral index, Point source, Scalar (mathematics), Astrophysics (astro-ph), Spectral density, Sigma, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, CMB cold spot, Weighting, Space and Planetary Science, Multipole expansion
Abstract

Precision measurement of the scalar perturbation spectral index, n_s, from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe temperature angular power spectrum requires the subtraction of unresolved point source power. Here we reconsider this issue. First, we note a peculiarity in the WMAP temperature likelihood's response to the source correction: Cosmological parameters do not respond to increased source errors. An alternative and more direct method for treating this error term acts more sensibly, and also shifts n_s by ~0.3 sigma closer to unity. Second, we re-examine the source fit used to correct the power spectrum. This fit depends strongly on the galactic cut and the weighting of the map, indicating that either the source population or masking procedure is not isotropic. Jackknife tests appear inconsistent, causing us to assign large uncertainties to account for possible systematics. Third, we note that the WMAP team's spectrum was computed with two different weighting schemes: uniform weights transition to inverse noise variance weights at l = 500. The fit depends on such weighting schemes, so different corrections apply to each multipole range. For the Kp2 mask used in cosmological analysis, we prefer source corrections A = 0.012 +/- 0.005 muK^2 for uniform weighting and A = 0.015 +/- 0.005 muK^2 for N_obs weighting. Correcting WMAP's spectrum correspondingly, we compute cosmological parameters with our alternative likelihood, finding n_s = 0.970 +/- 0.017 and sigma_8 = 0.778 +/- 0.045 . This n_s is only 1.8 sigma from unity, compared to the ~2.6 sigma WMAP 3-year result. Finally, an anomalous feature in the source spectrum at l, 9 pages, 10 figures, 3 tables. Submitted to ApJ

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2007
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38. Splitting the Sky - HTM and HEALPix

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A. J. Banday, Peter Z. Kunszt, Alexander S. Szalay, K. M. Górski, and William O'Mullane

Subjects
Scheme (programming language), Engineering, Tessellation (computer graphics), business.industry, media_common.quotation_subject, HEALPix, Software, Sky, Observatory, Computer graphics (images), Space Science, business, computer, computer.programming_language, media_common
Abstract

Splitting the sky HTM and HEALPix. W. O’Mullane Astrophysics Division, Space Science Department of ESA, ESTEC, 2200 AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands. A. J. Banday MPI fur Astrophysik, P.O. Box 1523, D-85740 Garching, Germany. K. Gorski European Southern Observatory (ESO), Karl Schwarzschild Strasse 2, 85748 Garching, Germany P. Kunszt, A. Szalay The Johns Hopkins University, 3701 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA. Abstract: Mission data sets are increasing in size and complexity. To enable efficient processing and storage of such data sets a tessellation scheme may be adopted. The Hierarchical Triangular Mesh (HTM) and the Hierarchical Equal Area isoLatitude Pixelisation (HEALPix) schemes are two popular schemes each with software tools available to exploit their particular properties. The initial drivers behind these two schemes are quite different but as their use continues the complimentary facilities of each package will become more relevant. Here we describe the motivation and facilities of HEALPix and HTM, we ask if it is possible to combine these schemes or make use of them in a combined manner and say why we may wish to do this.

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2006
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39. Cosmic Microwave Background Component Separation by Parameter Estimation

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F. K. Hansen, K. Vanderlinde, H. K. Eriksen, Elena Pierpaoli, M. D. Seiffert, Clive Dickinson, P. B. Lilje, Charles R. Lawrence, C. Baccigalupi, K. M. Górski, Kendrick M. Smith, and A. J. Banday

Subjects
Physics, Methods: numerical, Estimation theory, Cosmic microwave background, Cosmology: observations, Spectral density, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Markov chain Monte Carlo, Astrophysics, CMB cold spot, symbols.namesake, Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, Space and Planetary Science, Component (UML), symbols, Statistical physics, Parametric statistics, Gibbs sampling
Abstract

We propose a solution to the CMB component separation problem based on standard parameter estimation techniques. We assume a parametric spectral model for each signal component, and fit the corresponding parameters pixel by pixel in a two-stage process. First we fit for the full parameter set (e.g., component amplitudes and spectral indices) in low-resolution and high signal-to-noise ratio maps using MCMC, obtaining both best-fit values for each parameter, and the associated uncertainty. The goodness-of-fit is evaluated by a chi^2 statistic. Then we fix all non-linear parameters at their low-resolution best-fit values, and solve analytically for high-resolution component amplitude maps. This likelihood approach has many advantages: The fitted model may be chosen freely, and the method is therefore completely general; all assumptions are transparent; no restrictions on spatial variations of foreground properties are imposed; the results may be rigorously monitored by goodness-of-fit tests; and, most importantly, we obtain reliable error estimates on all estimated quantities. We apply the method to simulated Planck and six-year WMAP data based on realistic models, and show that separation at the muK level is indeed possible in these cases. We also outline how the foreground uncertainties may be rigorously propagated through to the CMB power spectrum and cosmological parameters using a Gibbs sampling technique.

Published
2006

40. Bianchi Type VII_h Models and the WMAP 3-year Data

Author

K. M. Górski, H. K. Eriksen, T. R. Jaffe, A. J. Banday, and F. K. Hansen

Subjects
Physics, media_common.quotation_subject, Astrophysics (astro-ph), FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Residual, CMB cold spot, Correlation, Space and Planetary Science, Sky, Data release, media_common
Abstract

Context. A specific example of Bianchi Type VIIh models, i.e. those including universal rotation (vorticity) and differential expansion (shear), has been shown in Jaffe et al. (2005) to correlate unexpectedly with the WMAP first-year data. Aims. We re-assess the signature of this model in the WMAP 3-year data. Methods. The cross-correlation methods are described in Jaffe et al. (2006a). We use the WMAP 3-year data release, including maps for individual years, and perform additional comparisons to assess the influence of both noise and residual foregrounds and eliminate potential non-cosmological sources for the correlation. Results. We confirm that the signal is detected in both the combined 3-year data and the individual yearly sky maps at a level consistent with our original analysis. The significance of the correlation is not affected by either noise or foreground residuals. Conclusions. The results of our previous study are unchanged., Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures, submitted as A&A Research Note

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2006
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41. Astrophysical component separation of COBE-DMR 4yr data with FastICA

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C. Baccigalupi, A. J. Banday, K. M. Górski, F. Perrotta, and Davide Maino

Subjects
Physics, Spectral index, Cosmic microwave background, Methods: Data analysis, Techniques: Image processing, Spectral shape analysis, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics (astro-ph), FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Power law, Independent component analysis, Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, Space and Planetary Science, Prior probability, Quadrupole, FastICA, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Abstract

We present an application of the fast Independent Component Analysis method to the COBE-DMR 4yr data. Although the signal-to-noise ratio in the COBE-DMR data is typically $\sim 1$, the approach is able to extract the CMB signal with high confidence when working at high galactic latitudes. The reconstructed CMB map shows the expected frequency scaling of the CMB. We fit the resulting CMB component for the rms quadrupole normalisation Qrms and primordial spectral index n and find results in excellent agreement with those derived from the minimum-noise combination of the 90 and 53 GHz DMR channels without galactic emission correction. Including additional channels (priors) such as the Haslam map of radio emission at 408 MHz and the DIRBE 140um map of galactic infra-red emission, the FastICA algorithm is able to both detect galactic foreground emission and separate it from the dominant CMB signal. Fitting the resulting CMB component for Qrms and n we find good agreement with the results from Gorski et al.(1996) in which the galactic emission has been taken into account by subtracting that part of the DMR signal observed to be correlated with these galactic template maps. We further investigate the ability of FastICA to evaluate the extent of foreground contamination in the COBE-DMR data. We include an all-sky Halpha survey (Dickinson, Davies & Davis 2003) to determine a reliable free-free template. In particular we find that, after subtraction of the thermal dust emission predicted by the Finkbeiner, Davis & Schlegel (1999) model 7, this component is the dominant foreground emission at 31.5 GHz. This indicates the presence of an anomalous dust correlated component which is well fitted by a power law spectral shape $��^{-��}$ with $��\sim 2.5$ in agreement with Banday et al. (2003)., Submitted to MNRAS

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2003

42. On the RMS anisotropy at 7° and 10° observed in the COBE-DMR two year sky maps

Author

Charles H. Lineweaver, Charles L. Bennett, L. Tenorio, Gary Hinshaw, A. J. Banday, A. Kogut, K. M. Górski, and G. F. Smoot

Subjects
Normalization (statistics), Physics, Sky, media_common.quotation_subject, Dark matter, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Anisotropy, Spectral line, media_common, Background radiation
Abstract

We summarize the recent results on the observed COBE‐DMR two year sky rms temperature fluctuations. A ‘‘cross‐RMS’’ statistic is used to infer the Qrms‐PS normalization for a scale‐invariant (n=1) spectral model. The method is extended to the normalization of other cosmological power spectra.

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1995
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43. COBE-DMR two-year large scale anisotropy results

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Edward L. Wright, A. Kogut, A. J. Banday, Gary Hinshaw, K. M. Górski, and Charles L. Bennett

Subjects
Physics, Sky, media_common.quotation_subject, Cosmic microwave background, Cosmic background radiation, Spectral density, Spherical harmonics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Correlation function (astronomy), Anisotropy, Orthogonal basis, media_common
Abstract

We summarize the results of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) anisotropy measurements of the COBE‐DMR using the first two years of data. The inference of angular power spectrum parameters from the DMR data is complicated by the need to omit Galaxy contaminated regions of the sky, preventing the spherical harmonics from forming an orthogonal basis set over the remaining sky. The COBE‐DMR team has implemented three methods for deducing the power spectrum parameters. These include: a two‐point correlation function analysis (Bennett et al. 1994); an analysis in terms of orthogonal modes constructed on the cut sphere (Gorski et al. 1994); and an analysis of a modified Hauser‐Peebles power spectrum (Wright et al. 1994). These methods for deducing the power spectrum are discussed and the results are summarized and compared.

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1995
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44. Planckearly results. I. ThePlanckmission

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P. A. R. Ade[82], N. Aghanim[54], M. Arnaud[68], M. Ashdown[66-4], J. Aumont[54], C. Baccigalupi[80], M. Baker[37], A. Balbi[31], A. J. Banday[89-9-73], R. B. Barreiro[62], J. G. Bartlett[3-64], E. Battaner[91], K. Benabed[55], K. Bennett[38], A. Benoît[53], J.-P. Bernard[89-9], M. Bersanelli[28-46], R. Bhatia[5], J. J. Bock[64-10], A. Bonaldi[42], J. R. Bond[6], J. Borrill[72-84], F. R. Bouchet[55], T. Bradshaw[79], M. Bremer[38], M. Bucher[3], C. Burigana[45], R. C. Butler[45], P. Cabella[31], C. M. Cantalupo[72], B. Cappellini[46], J.-F. Cardoso[69-3-55], R. Carr[35], M. Casale[35], A. Catalano[3-67], L. Cayón[21], A. Challinor[59-66-12], A. Chamballu[51], J. Charra[54], R.-R. Chary[52], L.-Y. Chiang[58], C. Chiang[20], P. R. Christensen[76-32], D. L. Clements[51], S. Colombi[55], F. Couchot[71], A. Coulais[67], B. P. Crill[64-77], G. Crone[38], M. Crook[79], F. Cuttaia[45], L. Danese[80], O. D'Arcangelo[63], R. D. Davies[65], R. J. Davis[65], P. de Bernardis[27], J. de Bruin[37], G. de Gasperis[31], A. de Rosa[45], G. de Zotti[42-80], J. Delabrouille[3], J.-M. Delouis[55], F.-X. Désert[49], J. Dick[80], C. Dickinson[65], K. Dolag[73], H. Dole[54], S. Donzelli[46-60], O. Doré[64-10], U. Dörl[73], M. Douspis[54], X. Dupac[36], G. Efstathiou[59], T. A. Enßlin[73], H. K. Eriksen[60], F. Finelli[45], S. Foley[37], O. Forni[89-9], P. Fosalba[56], M. Frailis[44], E. Franceschi[45], M. Freschi[36], T. C. Gaier[64], S. Galeotta[44], J. Gallegos[36], B. Gandolfo[37], K. Ganga[3-52], M. Giard[89-9], G. Giardino[38], G. Gienger[37], Y. Giraud-Héraud[3], J. González[35], J. González-Nuevo[80], K. M. Górski[64, 93], S. Gratton[66, 59], A. Gregorio[29], A. Gruppuso[45], G. Guyot[48], J. Haissinski[71], F. K. Hansen[60], D. Harrison[59-66], G. Helou[10], S. Henrot-Versillé[71], C. Hernández-Monteagudo[73], D. Herranz[62], S. R. Hildebrandt[10-70-61], E. Hivon[55], M. Hobson[4], W. A. Holmes[64], A. Hornstrup[14], W. Hovest[73], R. J. Hoyland[61], K. M. Huffenberger[92], A. H. Jaffe[51], T. Jagemann[36], W. C. Jones[20], J. J. Juillet[87], M. Juvela[19], P. Kangaslahti[64], E. Keihänen[19], R. Keskitalo[64-19], T. S. Kisner[72], R. Kneissl[34-5], L. Knox[23], M. Krassenburg[38], H. Kurki-Suonio[19-40], G. Lagache[54], A. Lähteenmäki[1-40], J.-M. Lamarre[67], A. E. Lange[52], A. Lasenby[4-66], R. J. Laureijs[38], C. R. Lawrence[64], S. Leach[80], J. P. Leahy[65], R. Leonardi[36-38-24], C. Leroy[54-89-9], P. B. Lilje[60-11], M. Linden-Vørnle[14], M. López-Caniego[62], S. Lowe[65], P. M. Lubin[24], J. F. Macías-Pérez[70], T. Maciaszek[7], C. J. MacTavish[66], B. Maffei[65], D. Maino[28-46], N. Mandolesi[45], R. Mann[81], M. Maris[44], E. Martínez-González[62], S. Masi[27], M. Massardi[42], S. Matarrese[26], F. Matthai[73], P. Mazzotta[31], A. McDonald[37], P. McGehee[52], P. R. Meinhold[24], A. Melchiorri[27], J.-B. Melin[13], L. Mendes[36], A. Mennella[28-44], C. Mevi[37], R. Miniscalco[37], S. Mitra[64], M.-A. Miville-Deschênes[54-6], A. Moneti[55], L. Montier[89-9], G. Morgante[45], N. Morisset[50], D. Mortlock[51], D. Munshi[82-59], A. Murphy[75], P. Naselsky[76-32], P. Natoli[30-2-45], C. B. Netterfield[16], H. U. Nørgaard-Nielsen[14], F. Noviello[54], D. Novikov[51], I. Novikov[76], I. J. O'Dwyer[64], I. Ortiz[35], S. Osborne[86], P. Osuna[35], C. A. Oxborrow[14], F. Pajot[54], R. Paladini[85, 10], B. Partridge[39], F. Pasian[44], T. Passvogel[38], G. Patanchon[3], D. Pearson[64], T. J. Pearson[10-52], O. Perdereau[71], L. Perotto[70], F. Perrotta[80], F. Piacentini[27], M. Piat[3], E. Pierpaoli[18], S. Plaszczynski[71], P. Platania[63], E. Pointecouteau[89-9], G. Polenta[2-43], N. Ponthieu[54], L. Popa[57], T. Poutanen[40-19-1], G. Prézeau[10-64], S. Prunet[55], J.-L. Puget[54], J. P. Rachen[73], W. T. Reach[90], R. Rebolo[61-33], M. Reinecke[73], J.-M. Reix[87], C. Renault[70], S. Ricciardi[45], T. Riller[73], I. Ristorcelli[89-9], G. Rocha[64-10], C. Rosset[3], M. Rowan-Robinson[51], J. A. Rubiño-Martín[61-33], B. Rusholme[52], E. Salerno[8], M. Sandri[45], D. Santos[70], G. Savini[78], B. M. Schaefer[88], D. Scott[17], M. D. Seiffert[64], P. Shellard[12], A. Simonetto[63], G. F. Smoot[22-72-3], C. Sozzi[63], J.-L. Starck[68-13], J. Sternberg[38], F. Stivoli[47], V. Stolyarov[4], R. Stompor[3], L. Stringhetti[45], R. Sudiwala[82], R. Sunyaev[73-83], J.-F. Sygnet[55], D. Tapiador[35], J. A. Tauber[38], D. Tavagnacco[44], D. Taylor[35], L. Terenzi[45], D. Texier[35], L. Toffolatti[15], M. Tomasi[28-46], J.-P. Torre[54], M. Tristram[71], J. Tuovinen[74], M. Türler[50], M. Tuttlebee[37], G. Umana[41], L. Valenziano[45], J. Valiviita[60], J. Varis[74], L. Vibert[54], P. Vielva[62], F. Villa[45], N. Vittorio[31], L. A. Wade[64], B. D. Wandelt[55-25], C. Watson[37], S. D. M. White[73], M. White[22], A. Wilkinson[65], D. Yvon[13], A. Zacchei[44], A. Zonca[24], Plank Collaboration, Universidad de Cantabria, Institut d'astrophysique spatiale (IAS), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - 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Grenoble Institute of Technology-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES), Département de Physique des Particules (ex SPP) (DPhP), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Laboratoire de Recherche en Informatique (LRI), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-CentraleSupélec-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), PLANCK, Ade, P. A. R., Aghanim, N., Arnaud, M., Ashdown, M., Aumont, J., Baccigalupi, C., Baker, M., Balbi, A., Banday, A. J., Barreiro, R. B., Bartlett, J. G., Battaner, E., Benabed, K., Bennett, K., Benoît, A., Bernard, J. P., Bersanelli, M., Bhatia, R., Bock, J. J., Bonaldi, A., Bond, J. R., Borrill, J., Bouchet, F. R., Bradshaw, T., Bremer, M., Bucher, M., Burigana, C., Butler, R. C., Cabella, P., Cantalupo, C. M., Cappellini, B., Cardoso, J. F., Carr, R., Casale, M., Catalano, A., Cayón, L., Challinor, A., Chamballu, A., Charra, J., Chary, R. R., Chiang, L. Y, Chiang, C., Christensen, P. R., Clements, D. L., Colombi, S., Couchot, F., Coulais, A., Crill, B. P., Crone, G., Crook, M., Cuttaia, F., Danese, L., D'Arcangelo, O., Davies, R. D., Davis, R. J., de Bernardis, P., de Bruin, J., de Gasperis, G., de Rosa, A., de Zotti, G., Delabrouille, J., Delouis, J. M., Désert, F. 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Experimental Physics, [SDU.ASTR.CO]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], Computer science, Surveys, Cosmic background radiation, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, CMB physics, Space vehicles: instruments, Instrumentation: detectors, observations [Cosmology], Instrumentation, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, detectors [Instrumentation], QB, detectors, media_common, Planck ESA mission, Conjunction (astronomy), Cosmology: observations, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Cosmology, observations, Early results, cosmic backround radiation, instruments, symbols, [SDU.ASTR.GA]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.GA], cosmology: observations, cosmic background radiation, surveys, space vehicles: instruments, instrumentation: detectors, catalogs, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, space vehicles, cosmology, instrumentation, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), [PHYS.ASTR.IM]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], media_common.quotation_subject, education, FOS: Physical sciences, Catalogs, Space vehicles, instruments [Space vehicles], [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], symbols.namesake, Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, 0103 physical sciences, Planck, Early release, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Payload, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 115 Astronomy, Space science, Catalogues, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, [SDU.ASTR.IM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], [PHYS.ASTR.GA]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.GA], Space and Planetary Science, Sky, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), Satellite
Abstract

16 páginas, 14 figuras, 3 tablas.-- Planck Collaboration: et al., The European Space Agency’s Planck satellite was launched on 14 May 2009, and has been surveying the sky stably and continuously since 13 August 2009. Its performance is well in line with expectations, and it will continue to gather scientific data until the end of its cryogenic lifetime. We give an overview of the history of Planck in its first year of operations, and describe some of the key performance aspects of the satellite. This paper is part of a package submitted in conjunction with Planck’s Early Release Compact Source Catalogue, the first data product based on Planck to be released publicly. The package describes the scientific performance of the Planck payload, and presents results on a variety of astrophysical topics related to the sources included in the Catalogue, as well as selected topics on diffuse emission., The Planck Collaboration acknowledges the support of: ESA; CNES and CNRS/INSU-IN2P3-INP (France); ASI, CNR, and INAF (Italy); NASA and DoE (USA); STFC and UKSA (UK); CSIC, MICINN and JA (Spain); Tekes, AoF and CSC (Finland); DLR and MPG (Germany); CSA (Canada); DTU Space (Denmark); SER/SSO (Switzerland); RCN (Norway); SFI (Ireland); FCT/MCTES (Portugal); and DEISA (EU).

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2011
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45. FAST PIXEL SPACE CONVOLUTION FOR COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND SURVEYS WITH ASYMMETRIC BEAMS AND COMPLEX SCAN STRATEGIES: FEBeCoP

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Kevin M. Huffenberger, Subhasish Mitra, M. Ashdown, H. K. Eriksen, Graca Rocha, Charles R. Lawrence, and K. M. Górski

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Physics, Pixel, Monte Carlo method, Cosmic microwave background, Cosmic background radiation, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Electromagnetic radiation, Computational physics, symbols.namesake, Cardinal point, Space and Planetary Science, symbols, Planck, Beam (structure)
Abstract

Precise measurement of the angular power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature and polarization anisotropy can tightly constrain many cosmological models and parameters. However, accurate measurements can only be realized in practice provided all major systematic effects have been taken into account. Beam asymmetry, coupled with the scan strategy, is a major source of systematic error in scanning CMB experiments such as Planck, the focus of our current interest. We envision Monte Carlo methods to rigorously study and account for the systematic effect of beams in CMB analysis. Toward that goal, we have developed a fast pixel space convolution method that can simulate sky maps observed by a scanning instrument, taking into account real beam shapes and scan strategy. The essence is to pre-compute the 'effective beams' using a computer code, 'Fast Effective Beam Convolution in Pixel space' (FEBeCoP), that we have developed for the Planck mission. The code computes effective beams given the focal plane beam characteristics of the Planck instrument and the full history of actual satellite pointing, and performs very fast convolution of sky signals using the effective beams. In this paper, we describe the algorithm and the computational scheme that has been implemented. Wemore » also outline a few applications of the effective beams in the precision analysis of Planck data, for characterizing the CMB anisotropy and for detecting and measuring properties of point sources.« less

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2011
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47. Three-Point Correlations in the COBE DMR 2 Year Anisotropy Maps

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A. J. Banday, K. M. Górski, Gary Hinshaw, Charles L. Bennett, and A. Kogut

Subjects
Physics, Structure formation, Gaussian, media_common.quotation_subject, Microwave radiometer, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Cosmic variance, Astrophysics, symbols.namesake, Correlation function (statistical mechanics), Space and Planetary Science, Sky, symbols, Multipole expansion, Anisotropy, media_common
Abstract

We compute the three-point temperature correlation function of the COBE Differential Microwave Radiometer (DMR) two-year sky maps to search for evidence of non-Gaussian temperature fluctuations. We detect three-point correlations in our sky with a substantially higher signal-to-noise ratio than from the first year data. However, the magnitude of the signal is consistent with the level of cosmic variance expected from Gaussian fluctuations, even when the low order multipole moments, up to l = 9, are filtered from the data. These results do not strongly constrain most existing models of structure formation, but the absence of intrinsic three-point correlations on large angular scales is an important consistency test for such models.

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1995
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48. On the RMS anisotropy at 7 deg and 10 deg observed in the COBE-DMR two year sky maps

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A. J. Banday, Charles H. Lineweaver, Charles L. Bennett, Alan J. Kogut, K. M. Górski, Gary Hinshaw, George F. Smoot, L. Tenorio, and Edward L. Wright

Subjects
Normalization (statistics), Physics, COSMIC cancer database, media_common.quotation_subject, Monte Carlo method, Microwave radiometer, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, Sky, Quadrupole, Physics::Accelerator Physics, Anisotropy, Background radiation, media_common
Abstract

The frequency-independent rms temperature fluctuations determined from the Cosmic Background Explorer-Differential Microwave Radiometer (COBE-DMR) two-year sky maps are used to infer the parameter Q(sub rms-PS), which characterizes the normalization of power-law models of primordial cosmological temperature anisotropy, for a forced fit to a scale-invariant Harrison-Zel'dovich (n = 1) spectral model. Using a joint analysis of the 7 deg and 10 deg 'cross'-rms derived from both the 53 and 90 GHz sky maps, we find Q(sub rms-PS) = 17.0(sub -2.1 sup +2.5) micro Kelvin when the low quadrupole is included, and Q(sub rms-PS) = 19.4(sub -2.1 sup +2.3) micro Kelvin excluding the quadrupole. These results are consistent with the n = 1 fits from more sensitive methods. The effect of the low quadrupole derived from the COBE-DMR data on the inferred Q(sub rms-PS) normalization is investigated. A bias to lower Q(sub rms-PS) is found when the quadrupole is included. The higher normalization for a forced n = 1 fit is then favored by the cross-rms technique.

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1994
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49. On determining the spectrum of primordial inhomogeneity from the COBE DMR sky maps: Results of two-year data analysis

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G. F. Smoot, K. M. Górski, Charles L. Bennett, A. J. Banday, Gary Hinshaw, Philip Lubin, A. Kogut, and Edward L. Wright

Subjects
Physics, media_common.quotation_subject, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Bayesian probability, Spectrum (functional analysis), FOS: Physical sciences, Spectral density, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Marginal likelihood, symbols.namesake, Space and Planetary Science, Fourier analysis, Sky, Quadrupole, symbols, Anisotropy, media_common
Abstract

A new technique of Fourier analysis on a cut sky (Gorski, 1994) has been applied to the two year COBE DMR sky maps. The Bayesian power spectrum estimation results are consistent with the Harrison-Zel'dovich n=1 model. The maximum likelihood estimates of the parameters of the power spectrum of primordial perturbations are n=1.22 (1.02) and Q_{rms-PS}=17 (20) uK including (excluding) the quadrupole anisotropy. The marginal likelihood function on n renders n=1.10 \pm 0.32 (0.87 \pm 0.36)., 13 pages, 4 figures included, uuencoded Postscript file. Submitted to ApJ Letters, COBE Preprint #94-08

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1994
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50. Cosmic temperature fluctuations from two years of COBE differential microwave radiometers observations

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G. F. Smoot, P. Keegstra, Edward Cheng, P. D. Jackson, A. Kogut, A. J. Banday, K. Loewenstein, Charles L. Bennett, David T. Wilkinson, K. M. Górski, John C. Mather, Charles H. Lineweaver, Gary Hinshaw, Edward L. Wright, Rainer Weiss, Philip Lubin, E. Kaita, and S. S. Meyer

Subjects
Physics, Dipole, Spectral index, Amplitude, Degree (graph theory), Space and Planetary Science, Cosmic microwave background, Quadrupole, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Atomic physics, Anisotropy, Power law
Abstract

The first two years of COBE DMR observations of the CMB anisotropy are analyzed and compared with our previously published first year results. The results are consistent, but the addition of the second year of data increases the precision and accuracy of the detected CMB temperature fluctuations. The two-year 53 GHz data are characterized by RMS temperature fluctuations of DT=44+/-7 uK at 7 degrees and DT=30.5+/-2.7 uK at 10 degrees angular resolution. The 53X90 GHz cross-correlation amplitude at zero lag is C(0)^{1/2}=36+/-5 uK (68%CL) for the unsmoothed 7 degree DMR data. A likelihood analysis of the cross correlation function, including the quadrupole anisotropy, gives a most likely quadrupole-normalized amplitude Q_{rms-PS}=12.4^{+5.2}_{-3.3} uK (68% CL) and a spectral index n=1.59^{+0.49}_{-0.55} for a power law model of initial density fluctuations, P(k)~k^n. With n fixed to 1.0 the most likely amplitude is 17.4 +/-1.5 uK (68% CL). Excluding the quadrupole anisotropy we find Q_{rms-PS}= 16.0^{+7.5}_{-5.2} uK (68% CL), n=1.21^{+0.60}_{-0.55}, and, with n fixed to 1.0 the most likely amplitude is 18.2+/-1.6 uK (68% CL). Monte Carlo simulations indicate that these derived estimates of n may be biased by ~+0.3 (with the observed low value of the quadrupole included in the analysis) and {}~+0.1 (with the quadrupole excluded). Thus the most likely bias-corrected estimate of n is between 1.1 and 1.3. Our best estimate of the dipole from the two-year DMR data is 3.363+/-0.024 mK towards Galactic coordinates (l,b)= (264.4+/-0.2 degrees, +48.1+/-0.4 degrees), and our best estimate of the RMS quadrupole amplitude in our sky is 6+/-3 uK.

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